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mommalina
09-10-2006, 09:05 AM
Would this tip be useful to easily change the screen resolution when I can't read the fine print on the screen? Does it take a restart to effectuate it?
(Doug, should be easier than cataract surgery. :rolleyes: )

Lina


Quickly Resize Your Browser Window
From PC Mechanic Newsletter10 Sep 2006 08:35:20 -0000
PC Mechanic Tip of the Day:

For web developers, it is often wise to test how your you design looks using an alternate resolution to yours. For example, if you have your screen set to 1200 x 1024, and want to see how it looks to a potential viewer using a 1024 x 768 resolution, resizing your screen or browser window is quite a hassle. Instead enter this shortcut into your address bar:

_javascript:resizeTo(1024,768)

Of course you can change the numbers to anything you want to test. Additionally, you can bookmark this code so it will be available at the click of a button. This is a pretty handy way to test web pages as you go.
Tortanick
09-10-2006, 12:35 PM
Nice tip mommalina
mommalina
09-10-2006, 01:07 PM
Nice tip mommalina

Thanks, but is it prudent for a ninny like me to try it? Wonder
if I'd screw things up again.:pray2:

Lina
dbarrow
09-10-2006, 03:20 PM
ctrl+scroll ... zoom it up or down
mommalina
09-10-2006, 05:07 PM
ctrl+scroll ... zoom it up or down

That doesn't work on everything, Doug.

Does not work on an install/download page. I used to have to change resolution to be able to access all the buttons missing on the bottom of the page; however, I notice they've been adding a scroll bar on the right which solves that problem.

I can't Ctrl+scroll to zoom up copied printed matter. My son sent me a pdf of a newletter from work which contained an article about his wife's promotion.. Couldn't increase the print or access the bottom of the page to see if they had a zoom button. I didn't want to mess with changing screen resolution, so I just let it all go.:mad:

Lina
dbarrow
09-11-2006, 10:27 AM
Time for a 20" monitor or get those eyes fixed!

BTW: so the doc undershot the Crystalens by -1 on the left eye. So a year later of him saying he can fix it, he does Lasik on it. Now +1 far sighted. I give up! But at least it's a helluva lot better than the cataracts. I can count the pine needles on the trees at 100yds.
mommalina
09-12-2006, 02:54 AM
Time for a 20" monitor or get those eyes fixed!

BTW: so the doc undershot the Crystalens by -1 on the left
eye. So a year later of him saying he can fix it, he does Lasik
on it. Now +1 far sighted. I give up! But at least it's a helluva
lot better than the cataracts. I can count the pine needles
on the trees at 100yds.

Doug, join the Army! Uncle Sam needs you! :usa2: :usa2: :usa2:
Maybe you can find the WMDs and accurately target Osama
and al Queda.

Even better, run for Congress and read all the fine print before
you vote on legislation.

As for me, my apartment seems to stay clean longer and the
mirror confirms that my face is becoming wrinkle-free . I'm in
heaven!