Do you use a high screen resolution? 1600x1200??

mcurphy

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Just curious...I never run my screen resolution over 1024x768 because when I view webpages, the text is so tiny that I can't read it. I've tried increasing text sizes through the view menu in IE, but that doesn't always work with some webpages...Anandtech in particular.

So how do you guys do it? How can you run a 1600x1200 resolution and still be able to read webpages...or even desktop icons??

Sorry if this is a dumb question as I'm sure there's a very simple answer that I am unaware of, lol!
 

Painman

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I run 120 DPI fonts, which increases visibility for taskbar, icons, etc. Text on the web can be tiny, depending on the formatting. I've gotten used to it.
 

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Look at the top of your browser for Tools - Internet Options- Accessibility (bottom of the options window). Then tell your browser to ignore font sizes specified by web pages. Next, set it to the font size you want (largest in my case).
 

mcurphy

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Originally posted by: Painman
I run 120 DPI fonts, which increases visibility for taskbar, icons, etc. Text on the web can be tiny, depending on the formatting. I've gotten used to it.

I tried the DPI also, but as you said it only adjusts for menus and such, not the actual text within webpages. Another feature I am trying out is the little zoom option in the lower right hand corner of IE, and it seems to work pretty well.

Are there any other options to increase text sizes in webpages, besides the above mentioned?
 

mcurphy

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Originally posted by: dennilfloss
Look at the top of your browser for Tools - Internet Options- Accessibility (bottom of the options window). Then tell your browser to ignore font sizes specified by web pages. Next, set it to the font size you want (largest in my case).

Awesome, I didn't know that option was available! Thanks for the tip.
 

SickBeast

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I have a 2405FPW, so 1920x1200.

I use the "increase text size" feature of Firefox a fair bit!

Opera also has a good zoom feature BTW.
 

ViRGE

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Originally posted by: mcurphy
Just curious...I never run my screen resolution over 1024x768 because when I view webpages, the text is so tiny that I can't read it. I've tried increasing text sizes through the view menu in IE, but that doesn't always work with some webpages...Anandtech in particular.

So how do you guys do it? How can you run a 1600x1200 resolution and still be able to read webpages...or even desktop icons??

Sorry if this is a dumb question as I'm sure there's a very simple answer that I am unaware of, lol!
It's just good eyesight perhaps? I have a 20" LCD that does 1600x1200, and I have no problem reading websites with the standard font sizes. Admittedly though, I'd likely have trouble if things were any smaller.
 

JBT

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1600x1200 isn't bad at all because the monitor is physically bigger so the dot pitch is roughly the same for most monitors.
 

TheRyuu

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20.1in 1680x1050 isn't bad either.

Not sure if that is "high resolution" but it's high enough for me.
 

CP5670

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I use 1600x1200 (without any font or dpi adjustments, which mess up some programs) on a 20" viewable CRT and it looks fine to me, although it did take some getting used to when I first switched to it.
 

sandorski

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Takes a couple days to get used to, but after that it's no problem. Some sites use smaller font sizes, CTRL+ in Mozilla/Firefox takes care of that.
 

Zebo

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I can see? So well in fact I can individual pixels on all LCD's except .255mm or lower and even then I got to sit about 3 ft away.. Kinda sux really puts a lot of LCD's in the garbage can.

My recommendation for you is go for a 26", 22", 19" or 15" LCD all will look like huge text and icons as their pixel pitch is high..
 
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In IE7, go to Tools-> Internet Options. Select the advanced tab. In 'Accessibility', uncheck the 'Reset zoom level to 100% for new windows and tabs' box.

Now select the zoom level in the status bar on the lower-right. The best part about this is it zooms the whole page and not just the text like in Firefox so things remain in proportion and the layout doesn't get messed up. (This works great for zooming in on really small pictures without having to save them to your drive first)

Of course, if you want text to be larger during normal Windows use you will have to adjust your DPI setting in Video Properties like others above have mentioned.
 

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I run a resolution of 1680x1050, without any changes to font sizes and the like. I can see everything just fine and much prefer things at larger resolutions - must be the young eyes ;)
 

HannibalX

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Originally posted by: zodder
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You beat me to it.

I run 1680x1050 on my 22" Samsung and read everything fine. I run 1280z1024 @ work on a 19" HP and read everything fine.

Maybe get some spectacles?
 

Aries64

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I run 1,600x1,200 for everything at the standard font sizes. I've always worn either contacts or glasses, but as long as I'm wearing them I have no problem reading on Anandtech at all from up to about 24".
 

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Here's something we discovered in the office the other day...if you have a MS mouse, install the Intellipoint software that came with it. On most models you can program one of the buttons (hopefully your mouse has at least one side button) to be a zoom window (like a square magnifying glass).

Kind of ridiculous, but could be useful at times.

-z
 

Imyourzero

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I always used the native 1600x1200 on my 2001FP and never had a problem reading text. Wouldn't want it much smaller than that, though.

I know most of the 24" LCDs are 1920x1200, so it's surprising to me that many of the newer notebooks are running that same res on a 17" screen!! Sure, it's nice to have all that real estate at times, but I can't imagine how small the text must be at default settings.
 

Dadofamunky

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Originally posted by: Imyourzero
I always used the native 1600x1200 on my 2001FP and never had a problem reading text. Wouldn't want it much smaller than that, though.

I know most of the 24" LCDs are 1920x1200, so it's surprising to me that many of the newer notebooks are running that same res on a 17" screen!! Sure, it's nice to have all that real estate at times, but I can't imagine how small the text must be at default settings.

I know, I'd NEVER want a laptop screen like that. Can you imagine that on 17" screen? Cor blimey!

I think the best practice is to just run the monitor at its native resolution. In the Dell 2001FP's case, that's 1600x1200. Since I have two, that makes for a nice fat desktop to work on. With LCDs, lower resolutions often don't scale well like they do on CRTs.