I dont think you are really bothered by it either given you are discussing this on a website which has exactly the same behavior :)
Nope, HN's CSS accommodates smaller screen sizes [1]:
/* mobile device */ @media only screen and (min-width : 300px) and (max-width : 750px) { #hnmain { width: 100%; min-width: 0; } body { padding: 0; margin: 0; width: 100%; } td { height: inherit !important; } .title, .comment { font-size: inherit; } span.pagetop { display: block; margin: 3px 5px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal }
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/news.css
Nope, HN's CSS accommodates smaller screen sizes [1]:
Not perfect by any means but at least there's an attempt.[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/news.css