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by anc84 3529 days ago
That's because your browser sucks. Try Opera Mobile or something similar. Good browsers can reflow text to fit whatever screen size they display at. This website has zero CSS related to layout, so it is your browser's duty to render it nicely.

It boggles my mind why reflow is not one of the most important and most highly regarded features of any mobile browser.
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noisem4ker 3529 days ago
The problem is quickly solved on Firefox thanks to its "Fit text to width" addon [1].

>it is your browser's duty to render it nicely

I think browsers should have the ultimate say on how to display websites, according to the user's preferences (think of text size and colors). Sadly, with websites gradually transforming into "web apps", users are losing control.

[1]: https://addons.mozilla.org/En-us/firefox/addon/fit-text-to-w...

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sverige 3529 days ago
Thanks for pointing to that add-on. Works nicely.
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y4mi 3529 days ago
even after 'zooming in'? it didn't create a new viewport for me after doing that that.

on opera mobile: are you truly comfortable to use a 'default on man-in-the-middle-ware' from china? (it proxies everything and compresses it, to save data bandwidth)

i stopped using it in August because of that. might've been too paranoid though.

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anc84 3529 days ago
Just turn off the "VPN" proxying if that makes you uncomfortable.

Personally I am less concerned about the Boogiemen from China/Russia than about the pervasive ruin of privacy by US companies.

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