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SI - Site Forums : Silicon Investor - Legacy Interface Discussion (2004-2011) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Yorikke who wrote (1572)	9/28/2004 9:03:32 AM
From: Eric L	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6035

The SI UI ... Yorikke, << I urge you to consider an option that is as clean as the old SI format ( is that now the VERY OLD SI Format??)... Frankly I just don't like screens that rely on full screen small type face displays. >> >> I hear ya ... ... and I've listened to Bill Ulrich, an obviously competent and skilled graphics designer has had to say, and who has suggested that the message box be fixed to a smaller size ... ... but Bob unfixed the fixed fonts that wreaked havoc here for weeks and weeks when the InfoSpace guys adopted fixed fonts, which were not in the earlier interfaces, and then tinkered and tinkered in real time with them and other screen elements. If you want a larger font - and less characters per line - and don't want to adjust the window size, simply use the control key and the wheel of a wheel mouse, or equivalent keyboard short cuts, and adjust the font to whatever you are most comfortable with, for the best combination of readability to suit your taste. It takes seconds, and when you are done you essentially have what you had, way back when. That flexibility now exists again, where it didn't before. The default, when you shell in to SI, may be too small type, too squeezed for your taste. Simply adjust it. Quickly and easily. As Bob progresses he'll be giving us more flexibility yet, to control and personalize the UI to our tastes. In the interim he has other things that need attention, other than tinkering with screen elements When he gets around to tuning graphics elements, I'm sure Bill and others with graphics experience will assist and offer counsel. << it is near impossible to read without a 22 inch screen and a pair of glasses. Particularly if you sit back from the screen about 3 or 4 feet like I do. >> Just like me, with 60 year old eyes and glasses, sitting back about 40" from the screen, and so I adjust the default up a few clicks on my 20" screen at 800x600 in full screen view ... ... and delighted to have the former flexibility back. Best, - Eric -

To: Yorikke who wrote (1572)	9/28/2004 8:25:25 PM
From: SI Dave	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6035

>>Frankly I just don't like screens that rely on full screen small type face displays. It may be efficient, but it is near impossible to read without a 22 inch screen and a pair of glasses. I'm way behind on this thread, and don't mean to state the obvious. I put this in the FAQ a couple of days ago; I can't provide a list of platforms, but XP, XP-Pro, Win2000, Win2000-Pro can all adjust the font size by the following means, assuming the user has the requisite equipment: If you have a mouse with a scroll wheel, hold the Ctrl key while turning the wheel back and forth. On a touchpad, hold down the Ctrl key while dragging your finger along the right edge of the touchpad, up and down. If you have a slow CPU, it may be slow to react, but once adjusted the font size persists for that browser window and windows launched from within it. Some mice and touchpads have their own utilities for defining these functions.