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Ask HN: How often do mobile users hit the wrong HN button?

by LorenDB·3y ago·4 comments·view on hn ↗

I often use my phone to read HN. However, I find that it is easy to accidentally hide or flag a topic instead of clicking its link. Is this something that other people struggle with?

Relatedly, is there a mobile frontend for HN?

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I have both the accidental hide and flag problems. Additionally, I have trouble with the "new" link.

It’s relevant but I don’t find it to be a huge problem. My screen protector is broken around the edges which can make tapping sometimes erratic in those area. Prefer to use a web browser because of pinch-to-zoom features where I can just expand what I’m trying to tap when necessary.

Glider on f-droid. However I'm not using it, because there are not site thumbnails.

All. The. Frickin. Time.

iPad Pro, circa 9” model, vertical orientation. The prose text is very small. The grey name, time, “buttons” headers are very, very small. I suppose I could use custom css or increase the font size, but I have good eyesight and like the information density. It’s always a crapshoot as to whether I can hit the teeny tiny touch target.