How did the ask-public creators make this site fit perfectly on my iPhone?

How did the ask-public creators make this site fit perfectly on my iPhone?
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answer:They are truly gods among men! In answer to your question the ask-public site detects you are using iphone safari and sends you to a specially formatted site (what apple calls a web app). The trick here is the design. Getting everything in without it feeling squashed and still in keeping with the original site is probably much harder than the actual technical coding of the site.
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