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1. On my Mac, all I do to expand text/viewing, to larger sizes, even to the point of filling up my monitor, is tap on the "+" key, while holding down the "command key".

2. Of course, I could do this in the past; but, now, it's developed to a point were we can actually browse, edit, and stay in this mode during the entire time on dpreview, as it works excellently, and with no "bugs". Wonder why, I have not noticed this improvement until today. :-)

3. Anyway, thanks a lot dpreview staff, as now I can actually see what I am doing. :-)
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BRJR ....(LOL, some of us are quite satisfied as Hobbyists ..)

 
It's even easier...just hold down Ctrl and roll the mouse wheel. Oops...you may not have one of those complex mice?

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Charlie Davis
Nikon 5700, Sony R1, Nikon D300
HomePage: http://www.1derful.info
'I'm from Texas. We have meat in our vegetables.'
Trenton Doyle Hancock
 
chuxter said:
It's even easier...just hold down Ctrl and roll the mouse wheel. Oops...you may not have one of those complex mice?
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That's a Firefox browser feature and it works for any page in Firefox, not just dpReview.

--mamallama
 
No, I don't have/use one of those; but, the holding down of "command key", while tapping the "+" key, is both fast and convenient enough IMO, for those without such a mouse. :-)

BRJR ....(LOL, some of us are quite satisfied as Hobbyists ..)


chuxter said:
It's even easier...just hold down Ctrl and roll the mouse wheel. Oops...you may not have one of those complex mice?

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Charlie Davis
Nikon 5700, Sony R1, Nikon D300
HomePage: http://www.1derful.info
'I'm from Texas. We have meat in our vegetables.'
Trenton Doyle Hancock
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It's a "browser feature" with Apple browsers, too; just, that in the past this site didn't work well when I use this function to enlarge the viewing size of text, as it appears on my monitor, but now it does. :-)

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BRJR ....(LOL, some of us are quite satisfied as Hobbyists ..)


mamallama said:
chuxter said:
It's even easier...just hold down Ctrl and roll the mouse wheel. Oops...you may not have one of those complex mice?
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That's a Firefox browser feature and it works for any page in Firefox, not just dpReview.

--mamallama
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mamallama said:
chuxter said:
It's even easier...just hold down Ctrl and roll the mouse wheel. Oops...you may not have one of those complex mice?
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That's a Firefox browser feature and it works for any page in Firefox, not just dpReview.
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I don't use Firefox. :-)

Your turn...

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Charlie Davis
Nikon 5700, Sony R1, Nikon D300
HomePage: http://www.1derful.info
'I'm from Texas. We have meat in our vegetables.'
Trenton Doyle Hancock
 
BRJR said:
No, I don't have/use one of those; but, the holding down of "command key", while tapping the "+" key, is both fast and convenient enough IMO, for those without such a mouse. :-)
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Yes, but with a GUI, the mouse is the primary navigation/control tool. To get to the "+" key, I have to turn the mouse loose w/ my right hand and reach over to the keyboard. I don't find that either fast or convenient.

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Charlie Davis
Nikon 5700, Sony R1, Nikon D300
HomePage: http://www.1derful.info
'I'm from Texas. We have meat in our vegetables.'
Trenton Doyle Hancock
 
Yeah, the "browser" part is right, anyways...... but not "firefox" only thing...

I have IE 8 and I can do it either way mentioned..... for all websites and it holds...

It's not dpreview or firefox or Apple or a whatever, thing..... Just now, I again did the ctrl + - and did the ctrl 'roll mouse wheel'... works both ways... just like clicking on the 'magnification' in the lower right corner lets me zoom or reduce or set for a 'custom' size... and it's for all pages on every site... til I change it back... I've enlarged and reduced for different websites and closed up the computer and it'll remember my last setting upon next internet usage... I do it all the time... Even IE7 would allow you to change the size of the whole page by the 'magnifier' at the bottom or just the 'text size' by they drop down box at the top...

I enlarge to view photos this way often... and most always, when doing my research I'll 'reduce' the whole page viewing size a little so I can have my software and internet beside each other and the text size will be the same size and also both programs will fit my screen better... If I forget to resize before I close up, no biggee... It'll remember my setting and if I want it changed back then it's easy enough... Helps alot when reading old newspapers or or document images...

Val
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A descendant of my ancestors... Do I see life through their eyes... or do they see life through mine? Either way, photographing life as seen.....
 
I've tried IE, Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera on Windows. My primary browser is Chrome but I use Firefox sometimes.

Most of them will enlarge text, with the + key (I have special keys on my Logitech Wave keyboard as well).

However, I am please with Chrome - with Firefox, the vertical menu on the left overlaps items. But Chrome can't remember my preference for DPR.

Another problem is that not only is the text enlarged but the image. There is no more resolution in the image, it is simply enlarged - so the image may look soft even though it is sharp at normal size.
BRJR said:
1. On my Mac, all I do to expand text/viewing, to larger sizes, even to the point of filling up my monitor, is tap on the "+" key, while holding down the "command key".

2. Of course, I could do this in the past; but, now, it's developed to a point were we can actually browse, edit, and stay in this mode during the entire time on dpreview, as it works excellently, and with no "bugs". Wonder why, I have not noticed this improvement until today. :-)

3. Anyway, thanks a lot dpreview staff, as now I can actually see what I am doing. :-)
--
BRJR ....(LOL, some of us are quite satisfied as Hobbyists ..)

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Ananda
http://anandasim.mp
 
AnandaSim said:
I've tried IE, Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera on Windows. My primary browser is Chrome but I use Firefox sometimes.

Most of them will enlarge text, with the + key (I have special keys on my Logitech Wave keyboard as well).

However, I am please with Chrome - with Firefox, the vertical menu on the left overlaps items. But Chrome can't remember my preference for DPR.
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From Firefox v 3.0 onwards, there is a choice of enlarging just the text (and suffering the overlapping menu), or enlarging the entire page including graphics (as all the other browsers do: Opera, IE 7 and 8, Google Chrome etc. ).
In Firefox 3,
Menu-> View-> Zoom-> Zoom Text Only
AnandaSim said:
Another problem is that not only is the text enlarged but the image. There is no more resolution in the image, it is simply enlarged - so the image may look soft even though it is sharp at normal size.
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Hmm. Yes you are right. But then the overlapping menu problem goes away. I find myself using both settings in Firefox. I want the enlarged text, but I don't want all the photos to look blurry. But sometimes the news stories become unreadable with just the text zoomed, (there is a simple CSS fix for this, but the Dpreview staff decline to fix the problem).
AnandaSim said:
BRJR said:
1. On my Mac, all I do to expand text/viewing, to larger sizes, even to the point of filling up my monitor, is tap on the "+" key, while holding down the "command key".

2. Of course, I could do this in the past; but, now, it's developed to a point were we can actually browse, edit, and stay in this mode during the entire time on dpreview, as it works excellently, and with no "bugs". Wonder why, I have not noticed this improvement until today. :-)

3. Anyway, thanks a lot dpreview staff, as now I can actually see what I am doing. :-)
--
BRJR ....(LOL, some of us are quite satisfied as Hobbyists ..)

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Ananda
http://anandasim.mp
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1. Pardon me, but with Safari browser, I am using on my Mac computers, dpreview has completely fixed the problem; hence, the reason for my OP, as this was not the case (my browsing/editing experience, using dpreview), previously. :-)

2. LOL, in the past, there were times when I didn't know what I was doing. :-)

--
BRJR ....(LOL, some of us are quite satisfied as Hobbyists ..)


sherwoodpete said:
AnandaSim said:
I've tried IE, Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera on Windows. My primary browser is Chrome but I use Firefox sometimes.

Most of them will enlarge text, with the + key (I have special keys on my Logitech Wave keyboard as well).

However, I am please with Chrome - with Firefox, the vertical menu on the left overlaps items. But Chrome can't remember my preference for DPR.
Click to expand...
From Firefox v 3.0 onwards, there is a choice of enlarging just the text (and suffering the overlapping menu), or enlarging the entire page including graphics (as all the other browsers do: Opera, IE 7 and 8, Google Chrome etc. ).
In Firefox 3,
Menu-> View-> Zoom-> Zoom Text Only
sherwoodpete said:
Another problem is that not only is the text enlarged but the image. There is no more resolution in the image, it is simply enlarged - so the image may look soft even though it is sharp at normal size.
Click to expand...
Hmm. Yes you are right. But then the overlapping menu problem goes away. I find myself using both settings in Firefox. I want the enlarged text, but I don't want all the photos to look blurry. But sometimes the news stories become unreadable with just the text zoomed, (there is a simple CSS fix for this, but the Dpreview staff decline to fix the problem).
sherwoodpete said:
BRJR said:
1. On my Mac, all I do to expand text/viewing, to larger sizes, even to the point of filling up my monitor, is tap on the "+" key, while holding down the "command key".

2. Of course, I could do this in the past; but, now, it's developed to a point were we can actually browse, edit, and stay in this mode during the entire time on dpreview, as it works excellently, and with no "bugs". Wonder why, I have not noticed this improvement until today. :-)

3. Anyway, thanks a lot dpreview staff, as now I can actually see what I am doing. :-)
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sherwoodpete said:
sherwoodpete said:
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Ananda
http://anandasim.mp
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BRJR said:
1. Pardon me, but with Safari browser, I am using on my Mac computers, dpreview has completely fixed the problem; hence, the reason for my OP, as this was not the case (my browsing/editing experience, using dpreview), previously. :-)
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Yes but... the Dpreview site has not changed. It is the browser that has changed. So it would be fairer to say that Safari has fixed the problem. (I believe in giving credit where it is due, and not praising someone for work which was actually done by someone else).
BRJR said:
2. LOL, in the past, there were times when I didn't know what I was doing. :-)

--
BRJR ....(LOL, some of us are quite satisfied as Hobbyists ..)


sherwoodpete said:
AnandaSim said:
I've tried IE, Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera on Windows. My primary browser is Chrome but I use Firefox sometimes.

Most of them will enlarge text, with the + key (I have special keys on my Logitech Wave keyboard as well).

However, I am please with Chrome - with Firefox, the vertical menu on the left overlaps items. But Chrome can't remember my preference for DPR.
Click to expand...
From Firefox v 3.0 onwards, there is a choice of enlarging just the text (and suffering the overlapping menu), or enlarging the entire page including graphics (as all the other browsers do: Opera, IE 7 and 8, Google Chrome etc. ).
In Firefox 3,
Menu-> View-> Zoom-> Zoom Text Only
BRJR said:
Another problem is that not only is the text enlarged but the image. There is no more resolution in the image, it is simply enlarged - so the image may look soft even though it is sharp at normal size.
Click to expand...
Hmm. Yes you are right. But then the overlapping menu problem goes away. I find myself using both settings in Firefox. I want the enlarged text, but I don't want all the photos to look blurry. But sometimes the news stories become unreadable with just the text zoomed, (there is a simple CSS fix for this, but the Dpreview staff decline to fix the problem).
BRJR said:
BRJR said:
1. On my Mac, all I do to expand text/viewing, to larger sizes, even to the point of filling up my monitor, is tap on the "+" key, while holding down the "command key".

2. Of course, I could do this in the past; but, now, it's developed to a point were we can actually browse, edit, and stay in this mode during the entire time on dpreview, as it works excellently, and with no "bugs". Wonder why, I have not noticed this improvement until today. :-)

3. Anyway, thanks a lot dpreview staff, as now I can actually see what I am doing. :-)
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BRJR said:
BRJR said:
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Ananda
http://anandasim.mp
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BRJR said:
1. Pardon me, but with Safari browser, I am using on my Mac computers, dpreview has completely fixed the problem; hence, the reason for my OP, as this was not the case (my browsing/editing experience, using dpreview), previously. :-)
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There are a lot of permutations - IE (several versions), FF, Opera, Safari not to mention the lesser used ones and several OS - Windows, Mac, Linux.

It is a pain but no one single workaround fixes all usually. I'll try some of the FF tweaks.

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Ananda
http://anandasim.mp
 
mamallama said:
chuxter said:
mamallama said:
chuxter said:
It's even easier...just hold down Ctrl and roll the mouse wheel. Oops...you may not have one of those complex mice?
Click to expand...
That's a Firefox browser feature and it works for any page in Firefox, not just dpReview.
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I don't use Firefox. :-)

Your turn...
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I should have said, it's your browser feature, not a dpReview feature. I happen to use Firefox.
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And you woulda been correct, I think (I'm not a Firefox expert).

But the question now is, "Is the Ctrl "+" a feature of dpr or of the browser?" I can't tell from BRJRs writings...

I know that Ctrl "+" works on my browser too...just like Ctrl "wheel" does. But it's not clear who is doing the work?

--
Charlie Davis
Nikon 5700, Sony R1, Nikon D300
HomePage: http://www.1derful.info
'I'm from Texas. We have meat in our vegetables.'
Trenton Doyle Hancock
 
chuxter said:
But the question now is, "Is the Ctrl "+" a feature of dpr or of the browser?" I can't tell from BRJRs writings...

I know that Ctrl "+" works on my browser too...just like Ctrl "wheel" does. But it's not clear who is doing the work?
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It is the browser. It works on any website, not just Dpreview. (Though some pages have embedded 'flash' content, which can behave differently). But generally, any ordinary website with text and graphics can be scaled by the browser.

I think most or all of the modern browsers can scale the page, and even tend to use the same keyboard or mouse controls. An exception is Opera which uses the + and - keys without the ctrl-key.

Regards,
Peter
 
Makes a big difference, doesn't it. :-)

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BRJR ....(LOL, some of us are quite satisfied as Hobbyists ..)


David Clarke29 said:
All these years of searching for my spectacles and aching eyes. Thanks for the tip.

Dave.
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If you're on a recent Macbook, there's also the option to use two fingers on the trackpad to zoom. Just place two fingers on the pad, move them apart to zoom in, together to zoom out.
 
rikkus said:
If you're on a recent Macbook, there's also the option to use two fingers on the trackpad to zoom. Just place two fingers on the pad, move them apart to zoom in, together to zoom out.
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Works that way also on many PC laptops and netbooks, including my ASUS PC Eee Netbook. There's also the 2-finger up-down/left-right scroll and finger tap feature for clicks.

--mamallama
 
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