The iPhone is elegant...

But text in the web browser app is unreadable, it's so small. Now it could be that there's a way to change the text size, but if there is, it's hard to find. And the out-of-box setting for font size makes all the websites I've tried, even those that don't specify a font or size, unreadable. Did they even try reading any sites with the browser? Hard to imagine they did.

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Automatt says:

try tapping it
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

SterlingNorth says:

I'm guessing they expect you to do that two-finger flick thing to zoom into the picture.
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

auteuil, encore plus fort says:

Turn it 90 degrees (no matter which direction) -- tap it!
Aaaaah!

Really dont get your point: isnt it a good thing to get the 'big picture' of a site first, even if the text isnt very big, initially; and then zoom in??!
Most people really do know the general structure of a website, so it shouldn't be a problem to find your way.

After all, that's a _phone's _ screen.

But really, show us your site on the landscape-rotated iPhone: I would be surprised if it wont be easily readable.
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

davidhdennis says:

I tried iPhone on my own web sites and I found myself simply holding it close to my face. I'm both very nearsighted and somewhat farsighted (needing bifocals). I take off my glasses and hold it maybe a foot or so from my face and everything's gorgeously readable.

I will be buying mine shortly but in an hour of playing with it in the store, I had zero trouble with legibility.

As others have said, turning it 90 degrees will also help by giving you a significantly bigger font and even crisper text. I found zoomed-in view significantly less usable because you missed too much of the context of the page.

I had no particular desire to turn it except for using the onscreen keyboard, which has bigger keys and is thus much easier to type on.

My more detailed early impressions are here: amazing.com/creations/show/7022

Hope that helps.

D
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

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