Mobile Usability
How easily a page can be read and operated on a touchscreen a few inches across, without zooming, scrolling sideways, or mis-tapping.
Analogy Mental model
A remote control designed for someone in a hurry: large buttons, generous gaps, and no chance that changing the channel also resets the device.
In practice What you actually do
Four requirements cover most of it: body text at sixteen pixels or larger, content that reflows to the screen rather than forcing horizontal scrolling, enough space between tappable elements, and no reliance on plugins phones cannot run.
Where people get burned Pitfalls
Wide tables and comparison grids are the usual culprits. Wrapping them in a horizontally scrollable container keeps them usable; leaving them to stretch the layout breaks the entire page.
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