In general I agree with you. (As do the mods, see what dang says here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9238739 )

But this article is specifically about design for mobile, and it contains a design element that is hostile to mobile use; and we are unable to talk about the content of the article because a lot of it is in the images, which are unreadably small.

It's also a bit disturbing that a comment asking for a wide section of society to not be excluded from some content is met with "just ignore it".

Edit: changed "your" to "some". Also, I don't think parent comment deserves downvotes. I upvoted it.

It's not my content, I don't know what made you think that. And mobile users aren't a "section of society", they're everyone. This isn't about exclusionism.

Yes, having an article about mobile UX design that isn't available on mobiles isn't good for mobile users, but it's no more hypocritical than a journal article about mobile UX design not being available on mobile, it's just the article being on a different form than the form being discussed. That happens, but it doesn't need to be the focus of discussion.

Sorry about the "your", I had thought I edited that out.

Actually, in this particular case, I'd argue that this is incredibly relevant: Preacher preaches against UX sin. Commits UX sin with a non-zooming harlot.

Absolutely. Meta comments are often more important than the article they comment on, especially when they place the worthiness of an article in proper context.

No, it's not relevant at all.

It's not a dumb rant against dropdowns: it's a well written piece with lots of examples and arguments that show which UX patterns are better than a dropdown for specific usecases. That's not preaching, it's explaining.

Finding a small flaw in his site and using that to downplay the quality of the article and the competence of the author is shortsighted, rude and unfair. Nobody's perfect. Everybody makes mistakes. Bragging about it on Hacker News doesn't help anyone.

Good point. I will say, though, that disabled zoom is a for more prevalent, annoying, and chronic problem than dropdowns.

It's orders of magnitude difference. Like, years to days. As in, maybe once or twice a year I get annoyed by a misplaced dropdown, whereas every couple of days I get annoyed by disabled zoom. One can make a solid critique of the wine at dinner but it's not irrelevant to point out the restaurant is on fire.

It isn't really a small flaw when your article about mobile faux pas doesn't work on mobile for many.

It's just people making a comment about that fact and other people agreeing or responding with an opinion. That discussion isn't stopping anyone from discussing anything else.

To zoom on the first picture, i tried pinch zoom --> didnt work --> tried clicking --> took me to twitter --> again had to click on the image --> again didnt work.

Finally read the article by guessing what is happening in the image.