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jader201yesterday at 8:40 PM5 repliesview on HN

> but also navigation and accessibility

Counterpoint, HN is notoriously hard to use on mobile (still better than some, but it's clearly designed for desktop, and not super responsive).

But agreed, that's independent of the slim nature of the webpage (which is still possible with a good mobile UX).


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bawolfftoday at 3:37 AM

I dont get this. HN is probably one of the easiest sites i regularly use on mobile.

ssl-3yesterday at 11:18 PM

I've found HN pretty easy to use with both Chrome and Firefox on Android, at default zoom, with my own pocket supercomputer.

Sometimes I manage to hit the updoot or downdoot buttons incorrectly, but that error happens so rarely that I'm amazed at my success.

Responsiveness is very good, as well. Loading is lightning quick in all but the very worst network environments.

It's not perfect by any means (the text box I'm writing this into really should be resizeable, for instance), but it's not bad at all...for me.

drnick1yesterday at 10:01 PM

> Counterpoint, HN is notoriously hard to use on mobile

No it's not, it's perfect on Vanadium with the zoom set to 125%. Much better than some bloated Javascript monstrosity.

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bigfatkittenyesterday at 10:45 PM

I find it works perfectly on Safari on iPhone.

kiwijamoyesterday at 10:45 PM

Agreed. To upvote I often zoom out to make sure I tap the upvote botton and no the downvote one!