Comments on: Thank you & a tip for reading web pages

By: andrew

andrew — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 08:27:54 +0000

All of the postings are of great interest, having suffered poor eyesight for nearly 50 yrs, with the attendant costs and hassle!!
Mark has provided an EXCELLENT service for me over the last couple of months. THREE pairs for less than HALF the cost of ONE high street pair, usually delivered to my door in around a week….just brilliant.
I will cdertainly be interested in dveelopments in varifocals etc.
Many thanks Cheers ANDREW

By: Patricia

Patricia — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 09:19:57 +0000

I would be very interested in this.

By: Chris White

Chris White — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 18:52:59 +0000

This even works on msword, works and other ms stuff as well. Handy in word as printing is still as originally set. Eg Font size set to 12pt. Magnify view to 500% to type content then print is still at 12pt font size. Usefull tip for anyone who is VI.

By: alex

alex — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 10:09:48 +0000

This cntl+scroll wheel is a great tip. Works on my firefox browser as well as IE.

By: Rob Quin

Rob Quin — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:13:37 +0000

Hi,
Just like to point out that the Ctrl+Scrollwheel trick does work with more browsers than just Internet Explorer. Talking of free browsers it works with Mozilla & Konqueror to my knowledge.

By: Colin Keeley

Colin Keeley — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:23:19 +0000

Hi thanks for the tip, well done Opera bully for you!!!Fifteen years of using a computer and at least i’ve now found another use for that little wheel!!!!

By: Stuart Holmes

Stuart Holmes — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:49:27 +0000

That’s useful advice for people tied by their computer or their immagination to using microsoft internet explorer, and in posession of a wheel mouse.

Alternatively, viewing the web with Opera (free from http://www.opera.com) instead of microsoft explorer offers many benefits and in this context three that are particularly relevant are:

1. Changing the size of EVERYTHING on screen is achieved simply by tapping on the + key for larger or - for smaller and * for back to 100% original size. As well as enlarging text therefore this can be great for taking a better look at photos and other artwork you find on the web.

2. Once stuff is enlarged it’s really helpful to be able to make the display fit the width of your screen, to avoid having to do horizontal scrolling all the time. In Opera it’s simple to ‘fit to width’ with Ctrl+F11.

3. Many websites have funny fonts and weird backgrounds which make reading difficult even at any size. These can all be cleaned up by anyone using Opera: forcing websites to display in plain font on ‘white’ background is done simply by selecting ‘user mode’ instead of ‘author mode’ in the view/style menu. Or I’ve chosen to add a button on the toolbar to access these options at a single click.

I know this is getting a bit webby and a bit off eye-care but hopefully it will be helpful to many of this site’s visitors who find computer use a bit of a strain. (At work I’m forced to use an limited version of microsoft internet explorer and find it very stressful but when I get home and can use my own choice of browser, Opera, I can be on the internet as much as I like without eye strain - and I only have one worthwhile eye so I know about the importance of taking care of it!)