Blind geezer attempting to optimize screen real estate
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I was "dang near blind" when I was 7 years old, and during the last 47 years my situtaion has not improved. As a result, I have found that setting the Tools|Internet Options|Accessibility setting to "Ignore font sizes specified" and "Ignore font styles specified" to "Checked" in IE6 has been useful (along with changing the font to Arial) for *most* websites. With these settings, most of the websites I visit "re-wrap" text to fit my browser window nicely, but CodeProject doesn't. As a result, when I use the "cntrl scroll wheel" on my mouse, I either have to accept a "too small" font size which includes the left-hand "frame" in my browser window, or a "too large" font size which requires me to scroll left and right in order to see the line of text I'm trying to read. What I'd like to do... 1) View all text and graphics related to the article I'm reading at a font size of 12 or 14 points (without scrolling left and right). 2) See the left-hand frame (for bookmarks, etc.) by scrolling left. Some (potentially useful) info: Screen resolution 1024*768 (have good graphics card, so can go higher, but typically makes all fonts "thinner" and tougher to read). Browser: IE6.X (most recent non-beta release). OS: WinXP Home Does someone here have a set of viewing parameters that will optimize my "CodeProject Experience"? Thanks, Dale
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I was "dang near blind" when I was 7 years old, and during the last 47 years my situtaion has not improved. As a result, I have found that setting the Tools|Internet Options|Accessibility setting to "Ignore font sizes specified" and "Ignore font styles specified" to "Checked" in IE6 has been useful (along with changing the font to Arial) for *most* websites. With these settings, most of the websites I visit "re-wrap" text to fit my browser window nicely, but CodeProject doesn't. As a result, when I use the "cntrl scroll wheel" on my mouse, I either have to accept a "too small" font size which includes the left-hand "frame" in my browser window, or a "too large" font size which requires me to scroll left and right in order to see the line of text I'm trying to read. What I'd like to do... 1) View all text and graphics related to the article I'm reading at a font size of 12 or 14 points (without scrolling left and right). 2) See the left-hand frame (for bookmarks, etc.) by scrolling left. Some (potentially useful) info: Screen resolution 1024*768 (have good graphics card, so can go higher, but typically makes all fonts "thinner" and tougher to read). Browser: IE6.X (most recent non-beta release). OS: WinXP Home Does someone here have a set of viewing parameters that will optimize my "CodeProject Experience"? Thanks, Dale
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The problem is because we use absolute instead of relative fonts. I'm in the process of redoing all of this (only 6 years too late) but increasing font size and ensuring layout remains decent can often be mutually exclusive. But I know reading messed up layout is better than not being able to read nicely laid out text. At the risk of a total cop-out can I suggest a much, much nicer solution: IE7. IE7 has a zoom function that doesn't increase font size but instead magnifies everything: text, graphics, form elements - the lot. IMO a much nicer solution than simply increasing font size. In any case you may want to check it out
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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The problem is because we use absolute instead of relative fonts. I'm in the process of redoing all of this (only 6 years too late) but increasing font size and ensuring layout remains decent can often be mutually exclusive. But I know reading messed up layout is better than not being able to read nicely laid out text. At the risk of a total cop-out can I suggest a much, much nicer solution: IE7. IE7 has a zoom function that doesn't increase font size but instead magnifies everything: text, graphics, form elements - the lot. IMO a much nicer solution than simply increasing font size. In any case you may want to check it out
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
Chris Maunder wrote:
At the risk of a total cop-out can I suggest a much, much nicer solution: IE7. IE7 has a zoom function that doesn't increase font size but instead magnifies everything: text, graphics, form elements - the lot. IMO a much nicer solution than simply increasing font size. In any case you may want to check it out
Opera's had this functionality for years. WIth very few exceptions it manages to zoom without inducing horizontal scrolling, or fubaring the layout.
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Chris Maunder wrote:
At the risk of a total cop-out can I suggest a much, much nicer solution: IE7. IE7 has a zoom function that doesn't increase font size but instead magnifies everything: text, graphics, form elements - the lot. IMO a much nicer solution than simply increasing font size. In any case you may want to check it out
Opera's had this functionality for years. WIth very few exceptions it manages to zoom without inducing horizontal scrolling, or fubaring the layout.
FF's zoom is far better than IE7's because IE doesn't reflow the text, meaning you have to scroll left/right whilst reading the zoomed page.
--Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ
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FF's zoom is far better than IE7's because IE doesn't reflow the text, meaning you have to scroll left/right whilst reading the zoomed page.
--Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ
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Was FF 1.Xs zoom as capable? I remember it being alot flakier but that might just've been CPs old design not zooming as well.
It's good in 1.5, which is what I use regularly. I don't know about 1.0.x since I only glanced briefly at those versions.
--Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ
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It's good in 1.5, which is what I use regularly. I don't know about 1.0.x since I only glanced briefly at those versions.
--Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ
Thanks for all your suggestions! I just downloaded FF 1.0.5.1 (I had previously installed 1.0.0.7, but it "broke" somehow so I had stopped using it). It completely solves my original problem (text enlarges *and* reflows :-D ) Now for a (rhetorical) question...Why isn't there a context menu (right-click)choice of "Send To..." *for a URL* that accesses the appropriate shortcut to whichever browser you choose? If that option was available, it wouldn't be such a PITA to use a "non-system-default" browser for those times when I know FF is better than IE. The concept works great for *files*...I don't always want to open a ".cs" file in Visual Studio, so I stick shortcuts to NotePad, WordPad, a Hex Editor, and a lightweight programmer's editor in the "Send To" subdirectory...sweet!:cool:
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