ZeroCool@slrpnk.net to Technology@beehaw.org · 8 months agoAmazon’s $1.4B iRobot deal is dead. Now what? | TechCrunchtechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down10
arrow-up144arrow-down1external-linkAmazon’s $1.4B iRobot deal is dead. Now what? | TechCrunchtechcrunch.comZeroCool@slrpnk.net to Technology@beehaw.org · 8 months agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squarenoodlejetski@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up18·8 months agogod, I hate the way TechCrunch is rendering on my phone.
minus-squareEvkob@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up17·8 months agoIt renders a lot better on my phone, but this is why reader mode is a necessary feature for browsing the web on a smartphone.
minus-squareranandtoldthat@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoResponsive design was a neat idea, but has failed in the context of the modern web and tech industry.
minus-squareAdmiral Patrick@dubvee.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-28 months agoThat’s not responsive design’s fault. When done properly, it works great. Too many sites just implement it poorly and insist on the CVS receipt layout even on mobile (e.g. recursive CVS receipts). Gotta cram those margins full of ads, ya know?
minus-squareTehPers@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-28 months agoLooks like they’re using fat margins instead of max-width and nobody thought to use media queries to reduce them on mobile… Edit: I should add the page renders fine on my phone, FF android. I’m not sure what’s going on in the screenshot, maybe desktop view?
minus-squaretenextrathrills@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoIt seems like you don’t understand what responsive design is.
god, I hate the way TechCrunch is rendering on my phone.
It renders a lot better on my phone, but this is why reader mode is a necessary feature for browsing the web on a smartphone.
Responsive design was a neat idea, but has failed in the context of the modern web and tech industry.
That’s not responsive design’s fault. When done properly, it works great. Too many sites just implement it poorly and insist on the CVS receipt layout even on mobile (e.g. recursive CVS receipts). Gotta cram those margins full of ads, ya know?
Looks like they’re using fat margins instead of max-width and nobody thought to use media queries to reduce them on mobile…
Edit: I should add the page renders fine on my phone, FF android. I’m not sure what’s going on in the screenshot, maybe desktop view?
It seems like you don’t understand what responsive design is.
Chrome shit
except that I’m using Firefox.
View it in desktop mode
My apologies.