This one line of code will make HN usable on mobile devices

Since the HN devs seem to be in dev-mode, I thought I'd put in one more little request. :) This one line of code, added to the head of HN's html, will make the site actually usable on mobile devices: Here are the before and after pics of the front page: http://imgur.com/rMYfqwN,mwPDMvB#0

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Since the HN devs seem to be in dev-mode, I thought I'd put in one more little request. :) This one line of code, added to the head of HN's html, will make the site actually usable on mobile devices: <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=yes"/> Here are the before and after pics of the front page: http://imgur.com/rMYfqwN,mwPDMvB#0

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