Ask HN: Tips for reading HN on mobile for older eyes?

9 points by ceterum_censeo 9 years ago | 3 comments

I was wondering how people with older eyes read HN on mobile (if they do at all?). Is there any way to make the font larger and higher contrast? This question, for example, is very difficult to read because of the tiny sans serif font and low contrast. Is there a javascript bookmarklet that would do the trick?

severine 9 years ago |

I use Materialistic (on Android), it's really great, and lets you configure fonts, text sizes and colors.

https://github.com/hidroh/materialistic [project repository]

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.github.hidr... [Play Store download]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12464051 [previous discussion]

(edit: formatting)

Mz 9 years ago |

Although I am old and have terrible eyesight, I don't have an issue reading HN on mobile. But there are plenty of themes and apps out there that you should try. For exampke:

http://m3mohsen.github.io/HackerNews-DarkTheme/

https://userstyles.org/styles/133209/hacker-news-dark

https://jamesfriend.com.au/hacker-news-theme

http://ihackernews.com/

https://www.bing.com/search?q=hacker+news+android+themes&go=...

And Google search turns up multiple Hacker News apps, though I am not clear how to link that here.

justanton 9 years ago |

I use MiniHack (iOS) to read on the phone: there is an option to increase the font size.

The UI is not the best and how the comments are displayed could have been done better, but it works for me.