Just bought a new computer, and continued using my old LCD monitor. Although
now I'm using it with a DVI lead. When bring up webpages the text is small,
particularly on sites like the BBC and Yahoo, where there is lots of space on
the screen to the right that is just not filled.

I believe that the problem is something to do with resolutions, and that
they normally resize to fit the screen. This isn't happening on my computer,
and in general, everything seems to be a lot smaller.

Is there an option where I can get pages to automatically resize to the size
of the screen?

On Sun, 20 May 2007 15:52:00 -0700, Pilgrim S <Pilgrim [email]S@discussions.microsoft.com[/email]> wrote:
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>Just bought a new computer, and continued using my old LCD monitor. Although
>now I'm using it with a DVI lead. When bring up webpages the text is small,
>particularly on sites like the BBC and Yahoo, where there is lots of space on
>the screen to the right that is just not filled.
>
>I believe that the problem is something to do with resolutions, and that
>they normally resize to fit the screen. This isn't happening on my computer,
>and in general, everything seems to be a lot smaller.
>
>Is there an option where I can get pages to automatically resize to the size
>of the screen?[/color]

you could go into accessibility and ignore fonts sizes and styles. I've always seen that as much simpler than trying to interpret every weird font out there.

Or make your own style sheet. And format the entire web in colors styles,and sizes. doesn't work with text on an image.
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"Pilgrim S" <Pilgrim [email]S@discussions.microsoft.com[/email]> wrote in message
news:0C5D943D-C1EA-484D-9BF6-545366040848@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Just bought a new computer, and continued using my old LCD monitor.
> Although
> now I'm using it with a DVI lead. When bring up webpages the text is
> small,
> particularly on sites like the BBC and Yahoo, where there is lots of space
> on
> the screen to the right that is just not filled.
>
> I believe that the problem is something to do with resolutions, and that
> they normally resize to fit the screen. This isn't happening on my
> computer,
> and in general, everything seems to be a lot smaller.
>
> Is there an option where I can get pages to automatically resize to the
> size
> of the screen?[/color]

The problem is usually the coding on the page. Whoever coded it decided
that it looks best, say, 800 pisels wide, so if your window is 1024 pixels
you get that blank space on one or both sides.

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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
Do not send mail.

Thanks. I appeciate what you are saying about the coding. However normally a
site like the BBC or Yahoo would resize itself to fill the screen. It did
that automatically with the same monitor last week, so it must be a problem
at my end, not with the web page.

So either something has changed with the monitor (new DVI cable, or
differerent settings on a new computer), or maybe it's a graphic card issue.
I'm at a loss, and it's really frustrating as it's not comfortable to read.
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>
> The problem is usually the coding on the page. Whoever coded it decided
> that it looks best, say, 800 pisels wide, so if your window is 1024 pixels
> you get that blank space on one or both sides.
>
> --
> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
> Do not send mail.
>
>[/color]

"Pilgrim S" <PilgrimS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9841719C-EBF1-4AF7-A789-83D99F0E165F@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Thanks. I appeciate what you are saying about the coding. However normally
> a
> site like the BBC or Yahoo would resize itself to fill the screen. It did
> that automatically with the same monitor last week, so it must be a
> problem
> at my end, not with the web page.
>
> So either something has changed with the monitor (new DVI cable, or
> differerent settings on a new computer), or maybe it's a graphic card
> issue.
> I'm at a loss, and it's really frustrating as it's not comfortable to
> read.
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>>
>> The problem is usually the coding on the page. Whoever coded it decided
>> that it looks best, say, 800 pisels wide, so if your window is 1024
>> pixels
>> you get that blank space on one or both sides.
>>
>> --
>> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
>> Do not send mail.
>>
>>[/color][/color]

I just went to Yahoo and it looks like it's set to 1024 wide on my 1280 x
1024 screen.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
Do not send mail.