Ask HN: Zooming on HN on Android phone?

4 points by rebelde 12y ago ↗ HN

I am really struggling to see the microscopic type when reading HN comments on my new phone.

On my old Galaxy Nexus (Android 4.3), using the Android Browser, I could zoom to get the size type that I wanted, then double-tap to get the text to wrap to my screen's width.

On my new Nexus 5 (Android 4.4.2), this doesn't work. Double-tapping makes it zoom out again.

Chrome doesn't do it on either phone. I prefer to get this working on one of these two main browsers, but I could try some others.

Any ideas?

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codegeek 12y ago ↗

There are unofficial mobile versions of HN that you can try:

http://ihackernews.com

http://hn.premii.com/

rebelde 12y ago ↗

I've used ihackernews.com in the past, and maybe it is time to go back. This problem occurs on other websites, too, so it is not a complete solution.