Why do so many websites disable pinch-to-zoom for mobile users? This page is full of interesting close-up photos, but at least on my Android phone, I can't zoom in to see any of the details. Who benefits from disabling this feature?

▲ GuB-42 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

That's something you can override in the accessibility options, both in Chrome and in Firefox.

IMHO, it should be the default, I have never been in a situation where it caused a problem, but I have been in plenty of situations where it helped.

	▲	showmexyz 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Thank you. This is one of those things that annoyed me so much sometimes I would just leave the site.

▲ kpw94 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

A workaround: Long press on image, "open image in a new tab"

▲ QQ00 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

turning the desktop mode on in the browser always worked for me to bypass such limitations on the mobile browser. just tested it and the pinching and zooming works fine.

▲ cortesoft 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I am able to pinch to zoom fine on my iPhone

▲ dicknuckle 3 days ago | parent [-]

The issue seems to be with Chrome based browsers.

▲ __float 3 days ago | parent [-]

The website explicitly disables it; they have a viewport meta tag with:

    initial-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no

I think it's more likely Safari these days just ignores this, because of the very problem OP complained about.

	▲	tyleo 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah, I actually think Safari has the right behavior here. I use zoom features all the time on all my devices. I actually prefer pinch zoom than developers implementing accessibility features which often don’t test all hardware and get glitchy at certain zoom levels.

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