OT, Finding it hard to read text on some sites
Submitted: Wednesday, Mar 30, 2011 at 17:32
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Hairs & Fysh
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying your old. ;)
Over the last 12 months or more some have mentioned that they have trouble reading the text on some sites, this on included.
An easy way to do this is to click on the page and use the scroll wheel to adjust the size so your comfortable reading the text.
I have been using an add-on for Fire Fox called No squint.
You can down load it
HERE.
What I like about it is you can setup different magnifications for different web sites. It is accessible through an icon on the bottom right of Fire Fox that looks like a Magnifying Glass with a % next to it.
I don't know if there is a version for Internet Explorer,
I hope this helps some enjoy the site more.I believe there versions for Chrome & Safari.
Hope this help people enjoy the site more.
Cheers.
Reply By: Member - Craig F (WA) - Wednesday, Mar 30, 2011 at 17:42
Wednesday, Mar 30, 2011 at 17:42
Hope my Boss doesn't stumble onto any such add on's. As I get older I just get bigger screens!
Craig
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Reply By: Member - Phil 'n Jill (WA) - Wednesday, Mar 30, 2011 at 18:08
Wednesday, Mar 30, 2011 at 18:08
Well done for sharing with old fogies struggling with all this technology.
I just recently discovered I can achieve the 'Smaller/larger' fonts by holding my 'CTRL' key down whilst scrolling the mouse wheel.
Think it might be a 'VISTA' thing, cos I don't recall that option on my earlier system. It is extremely useful on occasion.
Cheers - Phil
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Follow Up By: Member - Jack - Wednesday, Mar 30, 2011 at 20:02
Wednesday, Mar 30, 2011 at 20:02
Yes, the CTRL/Scroll thing works on IE7 as
well.
Jack
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Reply By: Gone Bush (WA) - Wednesday, Mar 30, 2011 at 18:15
Wednesday, Mar 30, 2011 at 18:15
On Windows 7, down in the bottom RH corner of IE, there is a small magnifying glass and a percent figure.
Does the same thing.
Also, on some sites that don't quite fit the screen, especially where a lot of figures are used and they need to be in a straight line, way up on the top of IE just next to the twin arrow "refresh" and the red cross "stop" there is an icon that looks like a page torn in half. That can help adjust things too.
cheers
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Reply By: Dan - Yal - Wednesday, Mar 30, 2011 at 18:38
Wednesday, Mar 30, 2011 at 18:38
Didn't your parents warn you.... "if you keep doing that you'll go blind".
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Follow Up By: Gone Bush (WA) - Wednesday, Mar 30, 2011 at 18:43
Wednesday, Mar 30, 2011 at 18:43
I gave that up this morning....
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Reply By: Member - Doug T (NT) - Wednesday, Mar 30, 2011 at 18:54
Wednesday, Mar 30, 2011 at 18:54
Maybe these could help
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Follow Up By: Hairs & Fysh - Wednesday, Mar 30, 2011 at 20:21
Wednesday, Mar 30, 2011 at 20:21
We Doug, I got a set of glasses mid last year for the first time. I started to notice tha the phones print was getting harder to read. Swung on by the optometrist and got fitted up with a pair of reading glasses.
What a difference that made to Sunday mornings reading all the rubbish in the paper. LOL
Some times i wear beer googles as
well.
;)
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Reply By: ExplorOz - David & Michelle - Wednesday, Mar 30, 2011 at 19:36
Wednesday, Mar 30, 2011 at 19:36
There was a similar post the other day but the easiest way on most computers and browsers these days is hold down CTRL key and use + & - keys (plus make it bigger, minus make it smaller) and 0 (zero reset to default).
I have fully tested the majority of our systems using these features and there are no major problems in doing this to what every level you need.
Good luck.
David
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Follow Up By: Rockape - Wednesday, Mar 30, 2011 at 19:49
Wednesday, Mar 30, 2011 at 19:49
David,
on a Mac you can use the command key + or - to arrange size, another way is go to "view" on the top of the page and "zoom".
Have a good one
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Follow Up By: Hairs & Fysh - Wednesday, Mar 30, 2011 at 20:16
Wednesday, Mar 30, 2011 at 20:16
Hi David,
Yeah, I use that or the mouse wheel with sites I don't visit much at all, but sites where I spend most of my time I find the No squint really handy cause I can set it to remember that setting for that particular site.
We need all the help we can get as our eyes start to pack it in.
Cheers
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Reply By: Hairs & Fysh - Wednesday, Mar 30, 2011 at 21:44
Wednesday, Mar 30, 2011 at 21:44
Don't know if you've noticed with the No Squint addy, you can either enlarge the page or just the text.
If you enlarge the page you have to use the slide to see more of the page to the right. With text enlargement it is only the text.
Cheers.
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Follow Up By: Member - Pedro the One (QLD) - Thursday, Mar 31, 2011 at 01:28
Thursday, Mar 31, 2011 at 01:28
Great info thread ....
Is there a similar process on IE7 to enlarge just the Text ??
All the above work on my laptop - but I hate having to move the horizontal slider all the time !!
But still .... the new info is cool for me - many thanks.
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