Opera Browser not Friendly To Old EYes
Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
Sat Jun 23 07:59:14 UTC 2007
Thanks, Liam, for the good advice but alas I just
don't have the room for another monitor. Actually, I
did consider this on my own and ruled it out due to
lack of space.
> On 23/06/07, Leonard Chatagnier
> <lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > Just had to download, try out Opera Browser. Very
> > small menu print just kills my 70 yr. old eyes. I
> > couldn't read it with a magnifing glass it's so
> small.
> > Therefore setting it up is impossible for me. I
> can
> > adjust the uri print size easily enough to read it
> but
> > not the drop down menus. Is it possible to adjust
> the
> > drop down menu print size and how do you do it?
> These
> > old eyes thank you for any help.
>
> Change to a lower screen resolution. Then all text
> will appear bigger.
>
> Personally, if you have the desk space, I advise
> multiple screens. 17"
> CRT monitors are being given away free now as
> everyone wants to
> upgrade to flat panels. Two CRTs makes for a lovely
> big workspace, and
> unlike TFTs, CRTs can display lower resolutions
> without going all
> fuzzy.
>
> My desktop is 2304x864 on 2 old 17" CRTs. Acres of
> desktop and it
> didn't cost me a penny.
>
> With 2 or 3 big CRTs all running at the same fairly
> low resolution,
> such as 1024x786, you'll have both big onscreen
> fonts *and* loads of
> screen area to play with.
>
Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
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