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Sohcahtoa82 on Feb 13, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Python moved to GitHub

> disabled pinch zoom

Can anyone explain to me why this is even a feature?

Why did the powers that be decide that web sites should be able to prevent pinch zooming? Why do mobile browsers not provide the option to disable this bug?

ayosec on Feb 14, 2017 | [–]

> Why do mobile browsers not provide the option to disable this bug?

In Firefox, you can set browser.ui.zoom.force-user-scalable to true.

Unfortunately, if have JavaScript enabled, some pages are still able to disable the zoom.

krzyk on Feb 13, 2017 | [–]

I agree, it is a real PITA when using <7" phones.

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