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Comment by klyrs | Hacker News Reader

I really love sites full of gorgeous, detailed images that block my browser's zoom feature. /s

There is no JS or anything on the page (besides what Ghost blog puts out for metadata). I am getting 99/100 on Google page speed test as well.

I tried zooming in on images using iPhone X / Safari and there is no issue. Are you sure something isn't wrong at your end?

I'm using firefox on android, but the problem is here:

Thanks! I fixed it and it should be scalable now.

The site works perfectly in Firefox on Android. The text content is perfectly readable without zoom, and zooming works to enlarge both the text and the embedded images.

What browser are you using where the zoom feature is blocked?

Answered in sibling with offending HTML.

Can't you just download the pdf?

Probably. I'm on transit, browsing the news on my phone after a long day, and the site exceeded my current tolerance for inaccessibility. Sometimes site owners see these comments, or I wouldn't bother griping

"Open in browser", maybe?

I apologize and thank you. Didn't realize that the <meta> tag prevented the viewport from scaling. I've fixed it:

    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=yes" />

Perfect! Thanks!

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