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Retarded mobile web developers

UncleWai

UncleWai

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These dumb ass news sites where if you side swipe it would switch to a new story. If you scroll up and down using one hand, the thumb would naturally move diagonally and would send you to another story. Can't they just keep thing simple, give me a freaking scroll box with headlines.

Also forums like anandtech, every freaking word is a hyperlink. Do I really need a link to the poster's profile in a thread title?

Stop trying to rice out a website.
 
I freaking hate most news sites. I don't get why something as simple as text/images and sometimes video can be screwed up that badly. They overcomplicate it and add too much junk that makes navigation a headache. KISS!
 
One I hate is their using default font sizes that are too small and then disallowing zooming.

And yeah, I hate that swipe left/right website interface too. It adds nothing positive in terms of UI.

But the worst are those who continue to use flash and have no non-flash version.
 
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Eug said:
One I hate is their using default font sizes that are too small and then disallowing zooming.

And yeah, I hate that swipe left/right website interface too. It adds nothing positive in terms of UI.

But the worst are those who continue to use flash and have no non-flash version.
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I never understood why they need to disable zooming or why it's even possibe. It should be up to *me* to decide how I want to experience the website.

I've been using Dolphin with the text sizer plug-in for years. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to work as well these days. Sometimes it will revert to the default font size by itself after a few seconds.

Dolphin is also the only Android browser that supports full-screen natively. I don't need to be reminded constantly that the time is 10:15, I have 86% of battery and 3 bars of reception. I want to use those pixels for web browsing.
 
Another thing that gets my goat in this respect is when a website has been inexplicably optimised for mobile to a point that it's more irritating to browse on a normal computer.

This IMDB page for example:
http://www.imdb.com/scary-good/top-...rd_t=15061&pf_rd_i=homepage&ref_=hm_scg_sf_hd

Yay, scrolling no longer works! Thou shalt swipe, even on a desktop. Clicking the X in the corner results in a sensible rendering of the page that is much easier to browse on a desktop.
 
A friend of mine is a web designer, and he says he still meticulously designs to support 3.5" phones and 1024x768 laptop screens, with proper compatibility for larger mobile and laptop/desktop screens of course. (He has worked with really big clients, many of which you would recognize.)

However, he also says a lot of people just don't do this, even though these things are basic things taught in design school.

This makes sense, I suspect because:

1) Some low rent websites aren't designed by web designers.
2) Some people just can't be bothered to test against old hardware. They happen to have an iPhone 6 and a Samsung S5 and if it looks OK on those then job done. Fsck the rest. If you have an iPhone 5, then too bad for you.
3) Some designers just are crappy.
4) Etc.

In fact, this will make a difference in my choice for a new phone this year. My favourite phone size is in the 4.0-4.3" screen size. I find 4.7" too big for my hands, but the problem is that websites are becoming increasingly harder to use on my iPhone 5S.

So, instead of getting the iPhone SE, I will just wait for the iPhone 7. Actually, I'm almost tempted to jump all the way to the iPhone 7 Plus. If I can't use the iPhone 7 easily one-handed, then why not go whole hog and force myself into two-handed mobile surfing all the time?

mikeymikec said:
Another thing that gets my goat in this respect is when a website has been inexplicably optimised for mobile to a point that it's more irritating to browse on a normal computer.

This IMDB page for example:
http://www.imdb.com/scary-good/top-...rd_t=15061&pf_rd_i=homepage&ref_=hm_scg_sf_hd

Yay, scrolling no longer works! Thou shalt swipe, even on a desktop. Clicking the X in the corner results in a sensible rendering of the page that is much easier to browse on a desktop.
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Yeah, it seems some websites are now built for 7-10" tablets, so when viewed on a 27" desktop, the text sizes are ginormous. I guess they only want two versions, being the phone version and the tablet/desktop version, except the tablet/desktop version doesn't work well for desktops.
 
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That is why i only use my smartphone for emergencies or when there is an specific app. With my tablet i gave it up for the same reason.

Although, if there is one website properly designed for smartphones and tablets, it is arstechnica. And the anandtech website is also properly designed. No matter if i select desktop view or mobile view, both websites can be navigated through very easily.
 
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