Closed Bug 1522498 Opened 5 years ago Closed 5 years ago

In Android Chrome browser there are large font size differences

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(bugzilla.mozilla.org :: General, defect)

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VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 101865

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(Reporter: e412byoy7, Unassigned)

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User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 8.1.0; Moto G (5)) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/71.0.3578.99 Mobile Safari/537.36

Steps to reproduce:

Visit Bugzilla in Android Chrome browser

Actual results:

See hugely different font sizes in the attached screenshot.

Expected results:

"Flags" should be smaller and the content message of a comment should be larger

Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 5 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE

I wouldn't say duplicate, as the other bug is already 18 years old and tablets with internet access didnt exist 18 years ago, only about 5 or more years later. Also, internet engines (Gecko, Quantum) worked differently than today...

Status: RESOLVED → REOPENED
Resolution: DUPLICATE → ---

This is caused by Chrome/Blink's implementation of what in Firefox is known as font inflation [1] to make desktop pages more readable on mobile, which works quite nicely when it works, but as in your screenshot can also occasionally misfire. So the only reasonable course of action to fix this from Bugzilla's side is providing a proper mobile layout.

Otherwise you need to take this up with the Chrome/Blink developers.

[1] For Chrome/Blink I've variously found the terms "font boosting" or "text autosizing" being mentioned.

Status: REOPENED → RESOLVED
Closed: 5 years ago5 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE

Technically this bug depends on Bug 101865, but given that we don’t have any mobile support yet, the optimization work should be done in the other bug.

Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
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