Thank you & a tip for reading web pages
Social Bookmarks: del.icio.us Digg it Furl Google ma.gnolia reddit Simpy Squidoo YahooThank you so much for all your comments on the previous post and you have all come up with some great topics to talk about. Over the next few weeks I will be covering each topic in detail.
However, one thing I would like to stress before we start is that this eye care site is intended for information purposes only. It is not my intention to diagnose or offer “cures†over the internet.
Should you notice or have any concerns regarding the health of your eyes you should contact your optician immediately. They may then refer you to a specialist if required.
That said (in no particular order) below is a list of topics chosen by you which we will be covering over the next few weeks. They will appear under the various categories which will appear under “Categories” over on the left hand side of this page. The most recent articles will appear under “Recent Posts” on the top left of this page.
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Laser Eye Surgery
Can Eye Exercises Actually Improve Your Vision?
Healthy Eating For Healthy Eyes
The Difficulty of Supplying Varifocals Online & Our Solution.
The Importance of Regular Eye Examinations
Glasses and General Tips for VDU Users
Night Time Driving Tips and Lenses
Various Contact Lenses and Their Uses
The Supply of Contact Lenses Online
Various Lenses and There Uses
The Supply of Spectacles Online
Your Prescription and What It All Means
Various Eye Conditions and Diseases
Glasses For Intermediate Distance
Plus many more! As you can see I have had a lot of questions, some general ones and some which are specific and unique.
I will try my best to cover them all in the topics over the next few weeks. However, once again if you are concerned about your eyesight you must contact your optician today!
Here’s a quick tip for reading web pages.
Did you know that if you’re having difficulty reading a web page you can enlarge the text?
Here’s how you do it and you can test it out this page.
On your keyboard at the bottom left hand corner you will see the Ctrl Button. Hold this button down and whilst it is depressed & Scroll Back with the wheel on your mouse. This will enlarge the text so that you can read the page a little easier.
To return the text size hold down the Ctrl button and scroll forward (Be care full not to go too far as you will end up with REALLY small text on your page.
Another way to do this is to click on View at the top of your web browser, put your pointer over Text (it should normally be set at medium) you can the select from Larger, Largest, Smaller, Smallest and Medium.
Note: Many web designers design their pages with the Medium text size in mind so enlarging may make the layout of the page display differently. Also images are not enlarged just the text.
However in IE 7 running on widows vista the Crtl and scroll works as a kind of zoom feature which will enlarge images but the may become blurred.
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July 30th, 2007 at 12:49 am
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!)
July 31st, 2007 at 8:23 pm
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!!!!
July 31st, 2007 at 9:13 pm
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.
August 1st, 2007 at 11:09 am
This cntl+scroll wheel is a great tip. Works on my firefox browser as well as IE.
August 1st, 2007 at 7:52 pm
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.
August 2nd, 2007 at 10:19 am
I would be very interested in this.
August 20th, 2007 at 9:27 am
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