Acer Ferrari 4000: text size in internet ex, help pls!

opera is really good at this, and i think it is the only browser that is capable of stretching the whole site to fit the page. opera itself is also a pretty kickass and secure browser, so its worth switching anyway.

Generally No, since a lot of the web sites support 1280 pixels width for viewing. Since you have WSXGA+, you are not likely to be able to use the full width of the screen for all of the websites. I don't know if there are software out there that will change the XML scripting of the web pages.

I agree 100% with drizek on this--Opera is by far the best solution for web viewing with fine resolution LCD monitors. But, unfortunately every once in a while IE must be used......

You could try this fix for IE from the Dell FAQ--it may work for your Acer as well...

"There have been a few fixes floating around, like turning off image resizing in IE options, but these do not work for everyone. Instead I will give you the solution that works for just about everyone, because it will change a registry setting making IE go back to 96DPI mode regardless of what it is set at elsewhere.

Note: There is of course an inherant danger when changing or adding registry entries that something could go awry. The registry is basically what runs windows and thus the wrong changes can have serious effects. I would not recommend any changes that I have not done myself and tested, and that I do not think is safe... but the thing is that you never know.

So just to be safe, it pays to first back-up the registry. Click Start-> run-> type 'regedit' (without quotes) and press OK. Now select Export from the File menu, and save it in a place you will recall. Simply by double-clicking this it will restore the registry to what it was at the point you exported it in case something does happen. The chances are low, but just in case

Copy the following four quoted lines and paste into notepad (Start-> All Programs-> Accessories-> Notepad)


Now save as "IEfix.reg" (without quotations, make sure to put the .reg!). Double click this newly saved file to transport it into the registry.

If the file will not import (as sometimes inexplicably happens) then you may have to enter this registry "fix" manually. Click Start and Select Run. Now type "regedit" (without the quotes) and press OK. Browse to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main by expanding the folders you see on the right. Now once you are there Click Edit-> New-> DWORD Value, which will now appear in that directory. Name it "UseHR" (without quotes) and double click it. Change the value to 0."

http://www.notebookforums.com/showpo...03&postcount=6

im not sure but try, pressing CTR+Mousewheelup or Mousewheeldown... that may help. =\

Other than that i have no clue bro


Thanks,

MysticGolem

Mystic just gave you your solution, however you will need to use a usb mouse......imo, I would never sacrifice pixel density for readability....Ctrl and scroll....native at it's best as large as you wish.

no, ctrl + scroll does not give good results in IE. in opera, it scales the WHOLE page and it looks normal. In IE it just makes the text bigger and it looks bad. the website is still only 600px wide, but because hte text is bigger, you will have to do a lot more scrolling.

drizek....you are perhaps correct on IE.....I have not used IE in so long, I did not take the time to check...Firefox also enlarges the whole page with good results, while of course you are using the Clear Type option.

yah um, i know IE ain't that great.. and yes CTRL + mousewheel doesn't always work properly in IE.

But im just curious, what is so special about Firefox or Operah? i've been using IE my entire life. I don't see any problems with it.

PLease let me know,


Thanks,


MysticGolem

Like I said, if you have a high res monitor (WUXGA here), then Opera gives you the best and most configurable type & image resizing IMO. Also....

"Here's just a few things that recommend Opera.

Opera's smaller and faster. It loads and renders pages quick. When you hit the back button, you go back to the page in your cache. It doesn't reload the page from the site.

It's tabbed windows are really windows. You can tile them, cascade them, move them around. You know, like real windows.

It can resume interrupted downloads.

Built-in IRC client.

Built-in email client.

Built-in news reader.

Toggle images on, off, or from local cache. (Great for slow connections)

Customizable style sheets to change the display with all the useful ones built-in. Can't read that site with the ping background and yellow letters? Make it black and white like God intended.

On the fly user agent switching. This means you can probably use Opera on that bank site that says "Internet Explorer 5.0 or above necessary to use this site."

Mouse gestures, love 'em or hate 'em.

Built-in note taker.

There's a bunch more, but you get the idea.

There are many good things about Firefox, but it's growing popularity is most likely attributable to these four main things.

1. Tabbed browsing.

2. Popup blocking

3. Netscape legacy

4. Extensibility

Anyone that has used tabbed browsing (and my server logs tell me that you probably have) immediately understands the usefulness of this feature. Likewise, automatic popup blocking is something that once experienced, is not easily relinquished.

Hmm, wait a minute. Opera has had tabbed browsing and popup blocking years before Firefox.

The ability to extend and customize Firefox through extensions makes it a real geek's toy. Techies like to tinker and play with things. There is no one, killer extension that pushes Firefox over the top, but the ability to customize your browser to your preferences ensures that tech-happy surfers, the early adopters, will have a happy and productive playground, giving greater buzz to the Firefox phenom."

http://nedwolf.com/Firefox-Opera-Comparison.htm

and IE is about as secure as a guy driving an H2.

the problem is not your laptop but a known accessibility limitation in IE:

when sites specify font size in pixels (px), IE does not let you resize the text, which is out of touch with the recommendations of the W3C.

sites that instead use other relative font size units (%, em or small/medium/large) will allow you to resize the text.

thus (and for 1 million more reasons) you should dump IE and switch to a standard-compliant browser. Firefox is a very good choice. But Opera is also standards compliant. Even the latest versions of Netscape will do here.

But please dump this monster that is IE. You'll do yourself and everybody else a huge favor and you'll Browse Happy.

As far as the width of the website not changing, many sites use fixed-width layout (the width of the root element is specified as a fixed pixel width, eg. 720px) to better control placement etc. You won't be able to increase the width of the page's content unless you lower your resolution.

Sites that use a fluid layout (width is specified as %, eg 100%), that should be no problem. In a perfect world, all sites would use fluid layouts, but that means designers losing some control over the layout, so many do not like doing that.

awesome. happy to see you joined the many converted. give firefox a try too, you might like it even better and it won't hurt to have a few good browsers installed.

it really makes me happy when i check my websites' log files to see the steady increase of people using standards-compliant browsers like firefox and opera. the firefox user base on clearanceclub.com is now 16%. that's huge when compared to a year ago and a big step in the right direction.

btw, ie7 fixes a lot of these standards bugs (i just tested the beta), but it still leaves a lot to desired for and the security concerns remain.