JustGeorge Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 I've noticed this on other mobile sites as well. Why does pinch/zoom not work on the mobile site? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dot Matrix Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 I've noticed this on other mobile sites as well. Why does pinch/zoom not work on the mobile site? There is no mobile site. The Neowin main page uses responsive CSS to scale to different devices. Pinch to zoom is rendered moot since there is no part of the page going off screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGeorge Posted February 1, 2015 Author Share Posted February 1, 2015 Its not moot if I'm using pinch/zoom to read or look at something small. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAZMINATOR Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 It works for me. Check the browser settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGeorge Posted February 1, 2015 Author Share Posted February 1, 2015 It works for me. Check the browser settings. What phone are you using? It's a no-go on my 920, iPhone 6 and 635. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dot Matrix Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Its not moot if I'm using pinch/zoom to read or look at something small. Does reading mode not work for you? You can adjust text size there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torolol Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 its works on wide large screen desktop, so i see no point why this wont work on small narrow screened mobile browser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncc50446 Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 I believe it's due to this meta tag <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no" /> Jose_49 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakem1 Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Pinch to zoom is rendered moot since there is no part of the page going off screen. I disagree. News stories on this site often include images that haven't been sized properly for a small screen and you may want to zoom to see them properly. At the moment you have to rotate your phone to resize them. The problem with responsive design is that it assumes to much and you end up with different problems at all screen sizes (ridiculously oversized text on a desktop, images that look terrible on phones, etc.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spy beef Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 I like how pinching and zooming on Google News increases and decreases the font size of the text. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGeorge Posted February 1, 2015 Author Share Posted February 1, 2015 I disagree. News stories on this site often include images that haven't been sized properly for a small screen and you may want to zoom to see them properly. At the moment you have to rotate your phone to resize them. The problem with responsive design is that it assumes to much and you end up with different problems at all screen sizes (ridiculously oversized text on a desktop, images that look terrible on phones, etc.) Exactly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remixedcat Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 when I develop sites I have seperate mobile and seperate desktop sites due to this very problem. text is so hard to get right on a phone becuase everyone's phones are so fragmented you just want to set and forget. with respo9nsive you got some phones the render the text horrible and jaggy yet, other phones looks pretty. it's a struggle. -_- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeChipshop Member Posted February 1, 2015 Member Share Posted February 1, 2015 There is no mobile site. The Neowin main page uses responsive CSS to scale to different devices. Pinch to zoom is rendered moot since there is no part of the page going off screen. Completely inaccurate. See below... I believe it's due to this meta tag <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no" /> Spot on buddy. user-scalable should never be set to no, it's a usability nightmare. OP, if you're using Chrome, there's a setting in the options to ignore the above meta tag and force zoom to work. It's what i use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dot Matrix Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Completely inaccurate. See below... Spot on buddy. user-scalable should never be set to no, it's a usability nightmare. OP, if you're using Chrome, there's a setting in the options to ignore the above meta tag and force zoom to work. It's what i use. It's far from a usability nightmare. That's exactly what responsive CSS is for. Besides, there's the option to ignore the meta tag: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siah1214 Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Yeah...I shouldn't have to change a phone setting to be able to zoom in on a too-small picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeChipshop Member Posted February 1, 2015 Member Share Posted February 1, 2015 It's far from a usability nightmare. That's exactly what responsive CSS is for. Besides, there's the option to ignore the meta tag: wp_ss_20150201_0001.png I've been a web developer for 12 years, i'm well aware of what responsive CSS is. What is a usability nightmare is forcing a built in element of a mobile browser to not work. Pinch zoom was developed for a particular reason, and setting your site to turn off this scaling is very bad practice. Torolol 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted February 2, 2015 Administrators Share Posted February 2, 2015 I have reported this, for the meta change (if possible). MikeChipshop 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redmak Administrators Posted February 2, 2015 Administrators Share Posted February 2, 2015 Zoom enabled MikeChipshop 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGeorge Posted February 28, 2015 Author Share Posted February 28, 2015 Works now. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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