A program that will "zoom in" in IE.

[BZeto]

I'm running a resolution of 1280x1024 and text is really small for HTML editing. I have IE's text size set to "LARGEST" but it doesn't make a difference, except for a few things.

Is there a program that will allow me to zoom in or make everything bigger?

 

[BeauJangles]

hold down control and scroll upwards, that will increase the text size.

 

[Shagga]

Microsoft released a file called "web accessories" and if I recall that did a zoom function. I think the file was named IE5wa.exe...It might only be for IE5 though...

 

[DaveSimmons]

You can install the "magnifier" program in the Accessibility category. Use Help or search at MS for more info.

 

[ProviaFan]

If you encounter a page where the text size doesn't increase or decrease properly as the text size settings are changed, that's probably because an incompetent web designer (my appoligies if you're the one who made the page(s) ) used a fixed font size unit, such as the pixel (px) to set the font sizes. IE, the brain dead browser that it is, also considers points (pt) fixed size units as well, so many pages using those units will not scale well, either. Mozilla handles point units better, so you could try that (though in your case you may need to test with IE, so that won't work). If you're the one that wrote the pages, please consider using em units (em) or relative sizes (x-small, small, medium, large, x-large, etc.) to allow all browsers to scale the text properly.

 

[tart666]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
You can install the "magnifier" program in the Accessibility category. Use Help or search at MS for more info.

press windows-U to start it...

 

[dukdukgoos]

This is a design flaw in IE on the PC. Use a better browser (Mozilla, MozillaFirebird, Netscape 7, Opera). You could also try MyIE2, which is a wrapper for IE that addresses this issue.

 

[Aves]

I would take dukdukgoos' advice and use MyIE2.

It uses IE to render pages so everything looks and feels the same but it has some really cool extra features. For instance:

Zooming
Mouse Gestures
Ad/Pop-Up Blocking
Tabbed Browsing
Google Toolbar Support

Plus a lot more.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: jliechty
If you encounter a page where the text size doesn't increase or decrease properly as the text size settings are changed, that's probably because an incompetent web designer (my appoligies if you're the one who made the page(s) ) used a fixed font size unit, such as the pixel (px) to set the font sizes. IE, the brain dead browser that it is, also considers points (pt) fixed size units as well, so many pages using those units will not scale well, either. Mozilla handles point units better, so you could try that (though in your case you may need to test with IE, so that won't work). If you're the one that wrote the pages, please consider using em units (em) or relative sizes (x-small, small, medium, large, x-large, etc.) to allow all browsers to scale the text properly.

A point IS a fixed size, much more so than a pixel. 1pt = 1/72 inches. The physical size of a pixel is completely arbitrary.

 

[BZeto]

Originally posted by: aves2k
I would take dukdukgoos' advice and use MyIE2.

It uses IE to render pages so everything looks and feels the same but it has some really cool extra features. For instance:

Zooming
Mouse Gestures
Ad/Pop-Up Blocking
Tabbed Browsing
Google Toolbar Support

Plus a lot more.

W00t! Thanks, I love it!