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Comment by dzdt

10 years ago

Please make easy url for mobile users who want the desktop version! Auto-detect without opt-out sucks.

I like the desktop version better than the new version (android/chrome). I like the tiny fonts for reading. Hitting tiny UI elements is hard, but zooming in then hitting is easy enough. The new big fonts + huge front page margins means much less content visible.

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Isamu  10 years ago

this++ to opt out of the mobile version. This should always be possible.

Tips for mobile developers:

Don't make it impossible to zoom.

Don't make it hard/impossible to get to the desktop version.

Don't make it hard/impossible to view in landscape (I am amazed at the "rotate your device" popups)

Don't make your popups impossible to dismiss on mobile (can't get to the X due to size/positioning)

Don't download megabytes of javascript to display a small amount of text content.

Do support "reader view" (in mobile Safari) or equivalent, so I can get a view that is simply readable AND accessible. Sorry that this overrides your hard work, but really I just want to be able to read your content. Your ads are fine, if they don't use all my bandwidth.