Why does Hacker News look awful on mobile?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10468596

by moonmaster9000 • 11 years ago

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Wouldn't it be awesome if they included this meta tag?

shams93• 11 years ago

they use a highly nested table based layout so a solution as simple as that wont work.

plonh• 11 years ago

Because mobile browsers are bad at layout, except Opera which knows how to reflow text on zoom.

The only problem Opera has is that the comment input box is to wide.

z1mm32m4n• 11 years ago

Not exactly a solution but I use HackerWeb on mobile, and I'm pretty pleased with it.

[0] https://cheeaun.github.io/hackerweb/#/

ldenoue• 11 years ago

Try this one too: http://www.appblit.com/static/hn_old.html

paulcole• 11 years ago

I absolutely hate it when someone gives me a compliment then immediately requests a new feature.

That said, here goes:

I love it! Adding comment count inside of the speech bubble would be cool!

mod• 11 years ago

He didn't say he built it.

lamby• 11 years ago

Considered that it might be deliberate? Encourage people who value style over substance to go elsewhere..?

krapp• 11 years ago

The only problem with that perspective, which appears to be weirdly common here, is that "valuing style," or in this case valuing a more usable mobile experience, doesn't imply that someone "values style over substance".

fotoblur• 11 years ago

http://ihackernews.com

robertwalsh0• 11 years ago

Are there any other solutions for HN that let you vote? I've tried a couple iOS apps but they don't have voting.

jrowley• 11 years ago

I like Akepa. I've used it for months and just bought the Pro version which allows voting for $5. Worth it to me.

nathancahill• 11 years ago

I use Hacker News (YC)[0]. It's very feature complete and frequently updated.

[0] https://appsto.re/us/7uRIQ.i

rahimnathwani• 11 years ago

MiniHack supports voting and commenting. It's also just awesome in general.

santaclause33• 11 years ago

I like it on mobile.

ryanlol• 11 years ago

Works just fine on my SGS6+ edge using chrome.

Mz• 11 years ago

I use Opera on a 7" tablet. I have no problem with HN. I did have problems in other browsers on a 7" tablet. HN used to crash my tablet, which was shocking news to pg. I switched browsers and no problem. I think Dolphin also worked fine with HN and I think I switched to Opera for some other reason.

I think we need more info than "mobile" to effectively engage this question. "Mobile" is hardly a monolith and some mobile users have no such problem. Your framing is going to tend to encourage those with no such problem to make statements as generic as yours and thereby sound like snark ("works just fine for me....")

cdnsteve• 11 years ago

I know right, it's terrible on mobile.

Why does Hacker News look awful on mobile?

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