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I know this is off-topic but I need to rant against Google/Blogger's mobile version of their platform since I keep running into it whenever I'm browsing HN on my iPhone.

When I view this article on an iPhone 4S, Blogger adds in a swipe feature that goes to the next article (or previous article if you swipe left).

This "feature" is driving me nuts because there are tables that break the screen on the iPhone where I cannot move around to view it because Blogger automatically assumes I want to read the next article.

If someone from Google is reading this, or even better Blogger. Please take this feature out. It is a really annoying experience.

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Google added the same "feature" to the mobile Reader app and it caused the same problem. It happened to me every time I used it. Solution? I stopped using Reader. Well done, Google.

Every attempt I've seen to turn something into a special mobile version has failed horribly. Google Images is absolute, pure shit, I literally get up and find my laptop when I have to use Images because they've made it so horrible to use. And of course OnSwipe lol.

I don't want an "ipad" experience, I just want the website.

If you have a moment, I'd love to know what you dislike about Google Images for iPad. I worked on the product when I was an intern at Google. I'm sorry it's causing you frustration :(

#1 hate is I can't open images or pages in new tabs, if I tap and hold on the outer thumb I just get the option to save that thumb, if I tap and hold on the link in the preview I get nothing at all. That makes browsing multiple images painful.

#2 is to view the meta data that's "free" on normal GI you have to click through to the preview and start downloading it and other images at a larger size. Images has lots of shitty, spammy websites gaming the results as well as poor versions of images available elsewhere larger, seeing that info was always useful to me.

Thanks for the feedback! Both of your grievances are legitimate issues. The reason why we didn't support those use cases on iPad is because they are power user features.

Pro tip: If you scroll to the bottom of the page, you can view the desktop site by hitting "Classic". Happy Googling :)

When I scroll to the bottom of the page on my iPad, Google _conveniently_ loads more images. It's like a cruel joke.

On my Android 2.3 phone with stock browser, when I tap an image, the image _below_ it gets highlighted, even though the correct image is opened - horribly confusing.

Also when an image is being viewed, you can't swipe to go to the previous/next image. I believe this works on the iPhone.

Same problem, there must be something weird with the way I scroll because I keep changing article when I'm just scrolling up and down.

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