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    Too small to read for any length of time

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by 21Rouge, Oct 21, 2007.

  1. 21Rouge

    21Rouge Notebook Enthusiast

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    I took delivery of a 1400 (Vista Ultimate) a couple of weeks ago. The machine is capable of 1440 by 900 resolution (WXGA+) which I have it set to right now as I am surfing. I dont have much experience with laptops but I am finding it very difficult to read text from the screen. Under "View" in IE7 I have selected "Largest" under "Text Size" and all that I see change in forum.notebookreview.com for example is a bit larger adverts at the top :(.

    I find it easier in terms of eye strain to work with my 4 year old Inspiron 1100.

    There must be something I am missing in terms of some settings. :confused:

    How can I tell if my Vostro LCD screen is of suitable quality?

    Thanks for your experience.

    --
    Doug
     
    21Rouge, Oct 21, 2007
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  2. nizzy1115

    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    click start and type "personalization" and click enter.

    Then change the DPI to 120
     
    nizzy1115, Oct 21, 2007
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  3. billcsho

    billcsho Notebook Deity

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    In IE7, just do Ctl+vertical scrolling (on mouse or touchpad) to zoom in and out.
     
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  4. krt

    krt Notebook Consultant

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    Go with the above suggestion. You might also like Opera and Firefox where you can zoom the entire page and not just the text. The reason changing "text size" does not work on some sites is that many web developers are ignorant and use fixed font sizes or other stupid techniques.
     
    krt, Oct 21, 2007
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  5. billcsho

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    Indeed, the ctl+scrolling is for zooming in both IE7 and Firefox, not just text size change.
     
    billcsho, Oct 21, 2007
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    cvx5832 Notebook Evangelist

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    If you're open to trying other browsers, Opera has a very usable web page zooming function that's a lot more precise that IE's "small, medium, large". Pages also zoom clean, as opposed to IE where zoomed pages jumble up the layout and images become distorted.

    I would also follow the tip on DPI scaling for your fonts and icons/desktop readability.

    Here's your post on 150% :

    [​IMG]

    Regards,
    Paolo
     
    cvx5832, Oct 21, 2007
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  7. pstrisik

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    Maxthon is a free browser shell that runs over IE7 and uses its "engine". It has similar zoom to Opera and quality seems good.
     

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  8. 21Rouge

    21Rouge Notebook Enthusiast

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    Much better. Thank you.
     
    21Rouge, Oct 21, 2007
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