Really? A comment pointing out that this problem is solveable using existing features isn't relevant? Surely an angry rant about someone's preferences will force everyone to change their opinions about a subjective matter and is FAR more constructive. I expect all fonts on the Internet to be exactly up to Brent's expectations by next week.
Again, existing solutions to a subjective problem. Or an angry rant. Hm. Maybe we'll get lucky and next week we can have a "Fonts are too big" post in typical HN-opinion-volley style.
Actually Mobile Safari does not do this. It simply has: double tap on an element, and it zooms such that the element's width matches the width of your screen.
No reflowing is done. It may not be of much use; when I do this on HN, it only zooms in by a few percent because the elements already stretch most of the way across the screen. You are taking a magnifying glass to the page when you do this, NOT changing the layout to fit the screen and reflowing all the text.
Ironically, the right reply to my post was "this is something that Mobile Safari now does as well" according to this comment. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5193498
Again, existing solutions to a subjective problem. Or an angry rant. Hm. Maybe we'll get lucky and next week we can have a "Fonts are too big" post in typical HN-opinion-volley style.