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972: These Things Make Your App Feel Like Crap on Mobile
Wes and Scott talk about why mobile web apps often feel “janky” compared to native—and how to fix it. They cover input zooming, accidental horizontal scroll, pointer/user-select quirks, frame rate consistency, full-page refreshes, and more.
Show Notes
00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
01:11 Brought to you by Sentry.io
02:57 Zooming inputs
06:11 Horizontal scrolling
08:49 Proper use of pointer-events: none, and user-select: none
11:27 Allowing zoom on everything
16:37 Cleaning up the “jank”
19:48 Full page refresh
24:05 Slow loading times
29:50 Cumulative layout shift
32:47 Address bars and viewport units
35:34 Full-width scroll traps
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By Wes Bos & Scott Tolinski - Full Stack JavaScript Web Developers
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Wes and Scott talk about why mobile web apps often feel “janky” compared to native—and how to fix it. They cover input zooming, accidental horizontal scroll, pointer/user-select quirks, frame rate consistency, full-page refreshes, and more.
Show Notes
00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
01:11 Brought to you by Sentry.io
02:57 Zooming inputs
06:11 Horizontal scrolling
08:49 Proper use of pointer-events: none, and user-select: none
11:27 Allowing zoom on everything
16:37 Cleaning up the “jank”
19:48 Full page refresh
24:05 Slow loading times
29:50 Cumulative layout shift
32:47 Address bars and viewport units
35:34 Full-width scroll traps
Hit us up on Socials!
Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
Wes: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
Scott: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
Randy: X Instagram YouTube Threads
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