[publicfig]

Are you against bad mobile implementations or just mobile implementations altogether? This seems like a weird position to take. It's not easy to read through comments and stories on most mobile browsers. It requires you to either squint to read the headlines or scroll horizontally just to read across the lines. That is a broken user experience.

[rubyn00bie]

I've actually found pinching and zooming to be more than adequate... And even a bit of squinting I find acceptable because it lets me easily skim a page for content. When I have to scroll forever just to find the content I'm looking for its frustrating and a waste of my time.

Or news websites that start hiding the actual content on mobile, so you're forced to "tap" the headline to even read the summary.

Or in the case of github or stack overflow, the formatting is so illegible, I can't believe they released 'em. They've made it harder to read.

Mobile is about fast access. Letting me get my information on the go... When mobile is a different experience it craps on that goal because I cannot access information as fast. I must now learn this new thing; which, is a the opposite of why I have a smartphone (fast information).

For my use cases is vastly worse. The desktop versions of most sites have more features and allow for faster access of information. Maybe I have to zoom in, that's okay! It's a better experience in the end.

[jamesjguthrie]

I hate any mobile implementation on tablets, my iPad 4 has a high resolution, almost 10" display and can easily handle a full screen implementation yet some websites force mobile upon it.