QuikSand
09-22-2006, 08:17 AM
I am using a new laptop computer for work, and am trying to get comfortable with the new setup. I am finding a real problem with my font settings on various websites... and am seeking to dip into the vast FOFC knowledge base for help.
I am aware of the Ctrl + and Ctrl - functions, and of the ability to set a default font size in FireFox through the Tools-Options-Content menu. I had fiddled with this pretty extensively.
My problem right now is that a setting that seems to work fine for one location is just *dreadful* for another, and I end up manually adjusting my text for about one in three of the sites that I visit (based on where I was last, I guess).
My new laptop monitor is extended-width, and I suspect this is contributing to the problem -- my resolution setting is 1680x1050, which is a wider screen than I am used to. I am seeing a little bit of distortion in some applications, but that isn't really bothering me much - mainly just the weird variation in text size.
Right now, at FOFC, I have my text size set to a setting that is comfortable -- my default is 12 point font, but I don't know what I have set at the moment, as I got here by manually shrinking the font after I arrived. However, if I next visit a Yahoo! site, the text is microsocopically small and nearly unreadable. I need to up-size my text twice there to get it back to being comfortable. And so forth with several of my regular visiting places...
Is there any way to create a text-size setting that applies just to a certain site... that seems to be what I want here, but I don't see how to do it. It's not the end of the world if I juat have to get used to odd text sizes, or else manually switch when I visit a new site... but I'd much prefer a shortcut if there is one. I never experienced any similar problems on my previous machine or the one I use at home-- both always seemed to find a comfortable text size without any problems at all.
Any help would be much appreciated.
I am aware of the Ctrl + and Ctrl - functions, and of the ability to set a default font size in FireFox through the Tools-Options-Content menu. I had fiddled with this pretty extensively.
My problem right now is that a setting that seems to work fine for one location is just *dreadful* for another, and I end up manually adjusting my text for about one in three of the sites that I visit (based on where I was last, I guess).
My new laptop monitor is extended-width, and I suspect this is contributing to the problem -- my resolution setting is 1680x1050, which is a wider screen than I am used to. I am seeing a little bit of distortion in some applications, but that isn't really bothering me much - mainly just the weird variation in text size.
Right now, at FOFC, I have my text size set to a setting that is comfortable -- my default is 12 point font, but I don't know what I have set at the moment, as I got here by manually shrinking the font after I arrived. However, if I next visit a Yahoo! site, the text is microsocopically small and nearly unreadable. I need to up-size my text twice there to get it back to being comfortable. And so forth with several of my regular visiting places...
Is there any way to create a text-size setting that applies just to a certain site... that seems to be what I want here, but I don't see how to do it. It's not the end of the world if I juat have to get used to odd text sizes, or else manually switch when I visit a new site... but I'd much prefer a shortcut if there is one. I never experienced any similar problems on my previous machine or the one I use at home-- both always seemed to find a comfortable text size without any problems at all.
Any help would be much appreciated.