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Website Zoom Issues

Users complain about disabled or poor zoom functionality on the website, especially on mobile browsers like iOS Safari, and suggest using browser zoom features or workarounds to enable pinching and scaling.

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Sample Comments

Ajnasz • Aug 27, 2024 • View on HN

Can't change the zoom on the page, what terrible UX.

SparkyMcUnicorn • Oct 25, 2016 • View on HN

Being zoomable wouldn't help?

evan_ • Feb 5, 2014 • View on HN

Chrome's zoom works really well, give it a shot.

barumrho • May 8, 2012 • View on HN

Can't you disable zooming to solve that problem?

whitef0x • Oct 8, 2018 • View on HN

(Browser) zoom works for me. What browser are you using?

MattRix • May 1, 2018 • View on HN

If only there were some way to zoom in with a browser...

omnicognate • Sep 8, 2025 • View on HN

I'm on mobile (iOS Safari) and seem to be able to zoom fine.

ullarah • Feb 27, 2017 • View on HN

I'm not sure how this is any different than using the browsers zooming tool?

tooFastFuckYou • Aug 21, 2016 • View on HN

Why does the site idiotically DISABLE ZOOMING on mobile browsers?

Enginerrrd • Jun 30, 2020 • View on HN

Or just zoom in. This site works fine. It's when web developers break zoom that the sin becomes unforgiveable.