Is there any possibility of adding some padding above top of the Slitherlink grid on mobile display?
It tends to be quite close to the address bar in a browser, making selection of lines along the top a fiddle. Zooming in makes it easier, but then requires a bit of to and fro to complete.
Thanks for your comment! In truth it is some time since I reviewed how the player looks on the various mobile devices, so I can quite believe some updates are in order. I have solved a few puzzles on an iPad and my iPhone recently, but haven't looked at Android devices for a while (and those I have are no doubt out of date now).
Can I ask what device you are using, and if it's an Android device then which browser?
PS The easiest way to place lines in Slitherlink (with mouse or finger or any other entry device!) is to drag across where you want the line to be. So you might be able to fix your particular issue just by pressing lower than you want and then flicking your finger upwards slightly, so the site detects it being pressed over where the line is. That's normally what I do with Slitherlink when solving anyway - drag in a slightly wobbly way across where I want the lines, to be sure I hit the live area. One day I hope to rewrite the player to use a modern web canvas, but it works this way since it's 15 years old and is in fact an extremely elaborate table!
Posted 27th May 2020 at 16:53 Last edited by Thoult 27th May 2020 at 16:54
Thoult Rated puzzle: EasyCompletion time: 6:53
I have no real qualms about it - it's definitely still usable, and still one of the better UIs for it. I'll give the finger swipe a go.
Chrome on an Android - user agent string is Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 9; ANE-LX1) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/81.0.4044.138 Mobile Safari/537.36 if it's of any use.
Edit - the swipe definitely helps. Now just need to find some smaller thumbs...
Posted 28th May 2020 at 06:15
Maartje Daily subscriber Rated puzzle: EasyBest completion time: 3:38Time on first attempt: 6:00Used 'check puzzle' when incorrect
That trick is great Gareth, thank for that! It works much faster on my ipad that way!
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Is there any possibility of adding some padding above top of the Slitherlink grid on mobile display?
It tends to be quite close to the address bar in a browser, making selection of lines along the top a fiddle. Zooming in makes it easier, but then requires a bit of to and fro to complete.
Thanks for the puzzles!
Thanks for your comment! In truth it is some time since I reviewed how the player looks on the various mobile devices, so I can quite believe some updates are in order. I have solved a few puzzles on an iPad and my iPhone recently, but haven't looked at Android devices for a while (and those I have are no doubt out of date now).
Can I ask what device you are using, and if it's an Android device then which browser?
Gareth
Last edited by Thoult 27th May 2020 at 16:54
Chrome on an Android - user agent string is Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 9; ANE-LX1) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/81.0.4044.138 Mobile Safari/537.36 if it's of any use.
Edit - the swipe definitely helps. Now just need to find some smaller thumbs...
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