Ask HN: Can we make the font bigger for mobile view?

4 points by mc4ndr3 4y ago ↗ HN

Hi,

I browse HN daily on my smallish Pixel 4 XL phone. The font size of important DOM elements, including the "new" hyperlink, are so tiny that I often accidentally tap the wrong element.

Can we please update the style to more modern, Bootstrapesque standards for easier consumption on mobile devices?

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timoteostewart 4y ago ↗

Tangential, but have you tried alternative HN interfaces? There’s a decent sized list at https://github.com/cheeaun/awesome-hacker-news , which includes my own humble effort in this direction: thnr.net

mc4ndr3 4y ago ↗

I'd like the main website to optimize for mobile.

gabrielsroka 4y ago ↗

In Chrome, open Settings > Accessibility and set the text scaling to a larger number. I use 130% just because of Hacker News.

I also wrote my own client using the API https://github.com/gabrielsroka/gabrielsroka.github.io/blob/...

We've asked for UI improvements and dark mode for a long time. I don't think they're ever going to happen.

timoteostewart 4y ago ↗

Cool. I downloaded your hn.html and played with it. Thanks for sharing.