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fg137today at 9:42 AM2 repliesview on HN

I mean, people read HN articles and discuss them on phones all the time.


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dredmorbiustoday at 5:19 PM

Poorly.

Using a touchscreen easily halves my effective intelligence. The frictions in both reading and typing are huge.

(Written from a desktop.)

npunttoday at 10:27 AM

Phone screens are larger, higher res, pinch zoomable, and have backlighting that creates uniform contrast and readability in nearly all lighting conditions.