The new WP SUCKS! on mobile devices

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23 Nov 2014, 7:49 pm

I don't know if any of you notice this. But I can no longer do the two finger zoom on my mobile browser to make the text bigger, and without it, the text is next to imposable to read. This is true for Surface, Android and iPhone. Why is this disabled on this site?

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23 Nov 2014, 9:44 pm

I agree. I don't like the mobile site. It's hard to navigate.

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23 Nov 2014, 10:54 pm

I hated the old site so much on my mobile, I'm willing to tolerate this issue. Is there a setting in you phone that you can adjust Web sites? I'll snoop around on my S5.

I don't usually need to zoom in.

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24 Nov 2014, 10:00 am

The new layout works better for me on my smartphone. My biggest complain is that there's a huge 'report button' where I put my thumb to scroll.

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24 Nov 2014, 10:18 am

The new layout works just fine on my Android. In fact, the improvement over the previous layout is blatantly obvious.

Check the settings on your phone. Check with your carrier and service provider. Check the owner's manual.

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24 Nov 2014, 10:29 am

I agree with the OP. The mobile version is much harder to use on my mobile (5S). As I can't zoom in, small things are very hard to click (tap?). As the member info is not in a separate column (from the post text), the whole thing is in one column and looks messy. I can see much less at once than before as I can't zoom out. I have more complaints. I hope these things will change.

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24 Nov 2014, 11:35 am

Looks like it wraps text where it wants to, at least on my Droid Turbo KitKat Firefox. Actually kind of nice. Having issues using the AI.type keyboard though. Sort of a better swype. I'm using the paid version.

Give them some time.

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24 Nov 2014, 4:15 pm

Fnord wrote:

The new layout works just fine on my Android. In fact, the improvement over the previous layout is blatantly obvious.

I agree. The new layout looks great.

Fnord wrote:

Check the settings on your phone. Check with your carrier and service provider. Check the owner's manual.

I did and they told me that some sites disable the zoom function, and without it. It's hard to read anything.

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