Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

972: These Things Make Your App Feel Like Crap on Mobile


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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
    • Dynamic Viewport Units
    • 35:34 Full-width scroll traps
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      Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsBy Wes Bos & Scott Tolinski - Full Stack JavaScript Web Developers

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