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    Chrome Zoom sucks!

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Spartan@HIDevolution, May 30, 2015.

  1. Spartan@HIDevolution

    Spartan@HIDevolution Company Representative

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    So I recently switched from Firefox to Chrome due to the bloatware Mozilla keeps addings to Firefox.

    I love the snappiness of Chrome but one issue I'm facing is the zoom levels. @ 100%, everything looks tiny as my resolution is 1920x1080 on my tiny 18.4 screen. If I do 110% or 125% zoom in the settings, it looks grat, but many websites display incorrectly like my banking website and many others with the borders all wrong and stuff, examples:

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    And here is another site showing a misalignment if zoomed in:

    http://www.partitionwizard.com/download.html

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    How do you guys deal with zoom levels? Any suggestions for me?
     
  2. StormJumper

    StormJumper Notebook Virtuoso

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    You sure on that I just do custom install and avoid all that bloat to start with. I tell people never "express" install do custom and you will find there are things you don't want to install and also when doing broswer upgrade disconnect it from the internet as some of those bloatware requires a "on" internet connection to work and without it they can't install and you will avoid messy cleanups because of that.
     
  3. Spartan@HIDevolution

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    Firefox has a custom install????????????? I thought the custom install just allowed you to change the default installation location.....

    now they have OneClick Search, Heartbeats Rating, Chat, some stitch up or I forgot what it's called icon to save a page for later viewing, etc.
     
  4. t456

    t456 1977-09-05, 12:56:00 UTC

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    Checked the latest Chromium beta; same issue. IE, Opera and Firefox are fine.

    Might give Waterfox a try; proper x64 and has a portable version (can run 4GB+ Google sheets :vbsmile: ). Could also make a comparison by running the same benchmark on the different browsers.
     
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  5. Spartan@HIDevolution

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    nevermind, switched back to Firefox
     
  6. baii

    baii Sone

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    I just live with it unless it seriously affect my usage, I blame the site for not complying to the "majority" browser. ;)
     
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    Try chrome canary?


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  8. Spartan@HIDevolution

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    Then why do these same sites render fine in Firefox FTW?
     
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    octiceps Nimrod

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