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number: 972
title: "These Things Make Your App Feel Like Crap on Mobile"
date: 1768996800000
url: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/FSI9735024706.mp3
youtube_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak3-B3pVMFM
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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](#t=00:00)** Welcome to Syntax!
* **[01:11](#t=01:11)** Brought to you by [Sentry.io](https://sentry.io/syntax/)
* **[02:57](#t=02:57)** Zooming inputs
* **[06:11](#t=06:11)** Horizontal scrolling
* **[08:49](#t=08:49)** Proper use of pointer-events: none, and user-select: none
* **[11:27](#t=11:27)** Allowing zoom on everything
* **[16:37](#t=16:37)** Cleaning up the "jank"
* **[19:48](#t=19:48)** Full page refresh
* **[24:05](#t=24:05)** Slow loading times
* **[29:50](#t=29:50)** Cumulative layout shift
* **[32:47](#t=32:47)** Address bars and viewport units
- [Dynamic Viewport Units](https://web.dev/blog/viewport-units)
* **[35:34](#t=35:34)** Full-width scroll traps

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