> I’d say perhaps once per day I’ll encounter a website that has never had zoom in/out (ctl +/-) tested because if you zoom up even one level from 100%, everything breaks

Just tested, hn breaks if you zoom >110%.

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oneeyedpigeon 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

How does it break for you? Seems OK to me on android — in fact, I already had it at 110%. Reminded me to check my desktop settings which have HN fixed at 125%. I cannot believe that, in 2026, the default font size is set at 12px — is anyone actually reading it at that size?!

	▲	voidUpdate 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I leave HN on default everything, but I have a 1080p monitor so it might look bigger for me than someone with a higher resolution monitor... I don't know how that works. But I often have to zoom out of websites linked here because the text is so big and it feels uncomfortable to read
	▲	ryandrake 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		> I cannot believe that, in 2026, the default font size is set at 12px — is anyone actually reading it at that size?! The very first "quality of life" thing I do when I install a new computer / operating system nowadays is double (sometimes triple) the default font size. 12pt was probably fine when our monitors were 640x480, and when we were 18 years old.
	▲	pbalau 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		For some reason I though the GP was talking about browsing on mobile, where I have the issue: https://imgbox.com/EiovsE5b https://imgbox.com/A4Fl9lE9

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jabroni_salad 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I browse everything at 125% and HN is fine on my machine so I decided to check. It depends on your width.

1080px wide (aka on my vertical monitor) HN comments stop reflowing > 300%

At 1920px wide it never stops reflowing.

	▲	pbalau 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		For some reason I though the GP was talking about browsing on mobile, where I have the issue: https://imgbox.com/EiovsE5b https://imgbox.com/A4Fl9lE9

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cestith 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Which platform is this on? I usually read hn on a desktop browser, and it works fine well above 110% there.

	▲	pbalau 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Android https://imgbox.com/EiovsE5b https://imgbox.com/A4Fl9lE9

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