For information to all in this house, I am running a Mac G4, MOS 9.2.2, and Netscape
4.79 . I have increased the font size several times and that does not help with the
tiny font size in those sites to which I referred. It seems to change the normal font
to Bold, but the font size itself does not get any larger AFAICT. I have decided to
just live with it and order from those sites which I can clearly read. I appreciate
all of your comments.
Hoyt W.
In article <[email protected]>, Hoyt Weathers
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Did you contribute anything helpful on font size, or did I miss something
> important
> in your reply?
My point, which I apparently didn't make successfully, was that running
very old web software sometimes means that sites don't work\ as you
would like them to. Hidden in that point (so it was only inferred, and
subtly inferred at that) is that perhaps you should RTFM, STFW and at
least *LOOK* at the preference settings for the web browser you "LIKE".
So, my apologies for not being clear.
To avoid this situation I shall be sure to never offer you an opinion
or assistance into the future.
I shall certainly never offer (and deliver) help via email to you again.
No good deed goes unpunished, I guess.
sigh.
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
says...
> I know full well that I am running
> outdated software, but that is my choice. I will just live with the consequences of
> that. I just hate MOS X.
>
I've tried them all, but IMNSHO Netscape 4.7 is still the best
for reading email.
I did finally go to Mozilla for websites, because too many were
hanging up my computer using 4.7.
I use Gravity for newsgroups.
And I'm still running Windows 95 because I haven't had the time
to get Linux running again.
BTW, along with font size and strange color combinations, one of
my pet peeves are the sites that want to play music or strange
sounds for you. Of course, the music has nothing to do with the
subject matter, the site builder just thought it'd be "neat".
My speakers are normally turned off :-).
--
Where ARE those Iraqi WMDs?
djb, I LIKE Netscape 4.79 and MOS 9.2.2. I absolutely dislike MOS 10X like the
plague. Yes, I am outdated. But some of us are just that way and will remain so.
Did you contribute anything helpful on font size, or did I miss something important
in your reply?
hmw
Dave Balderstone wrote:
> Netscape 4.7x is ancient in software years. Look at some of the other
> browsers.
>
> Or consider upgrading from 9.22 to Panther and use Safari.
>
> djb
Dave, I had no call to speak to you the way I did. I am sorry. I hope to welcome your
comments in the future if you care to offer them. I know full well that I am running
outdated software, but that is my choice. I will just live with the consequences of
that. I just hate MOS X.
Hoyt W.
Dave Balderstone wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>, Hoyt Weathers
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Did you contribute anything helpful on font size, or did I miss something
> > important
> > in your reply?
>
> My point, which I apparently didn't make successfully, was that running
> very old web software sometimes means that sites don't work\ as you
> would like them to. Hidden in that point (so it was only inferred, and
> subtly inferred at that) is that perhaps you should RTFM, STFW and at
> least *LOOK* at the preference settings for the web browser you "LIKE".
>
> So, my apologies for not being clear.
>
> To avoid this situation I shall be sure to never offer you an opinion
> or assistance into the future.
>
> I shall certainly never offer (and deliver) help via email to you again.
>
> No good deed goes unpunished, I guess.
>
> sigh.
I also hate sites that force you to read their idea of a perfect font size.
If you are running high resolution, it comes out microscopic. Some of these
site are major corporations that don't have knowledgeable designers creating
their sites but delegate it to amateurs that think everyone is viewing their
site on their type of equipment.
Along with fixed fonts, I also hate poor site designers that give you a menu
of half a dozen choices, where it matters not which one you click, you get
basically the same information formatted in a different manner.
"Scott Lurndal" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hoyt Weathers <[email protected]> writes:
> >For information to all in this house, I am running a Mac G4, MOS 9.2.2,
and Netscape
> >4.79 . I have increased the font size several times and that does not
help with the
> >tiny font size in those sites to which I referred. It seems to change the
normal font
> >to Bold, but the font size itself does not get any larger AFAICT. I have
decided to
> >just live with it and order from those sites which I can clearly read. I
appreciate
> >all of your comments.
> >Hoyt W.
> >
>
> Many sites specify fixed font sizes, mainly because the site designers
> are idiots. Some sites have broken DTD's which cause modern gecko-derived
> engines to display very small fonts. Netscape 4.79 is very old and has
> little support for overriding font sizes. I'd recommend you used a
gecko-based
> engine on your Mac system (Mozilla, Firefox) or use Safari. Current
Mozilla
> engines have a "minimum font size" setting that will be unconditionally
honored
> no matter how the HTML is coded on the site.
>
> scott
On Fri, 07 May 2004 16:55:37 -0500, Hoyt Weathers <[email protected]>
wrote:
>For information to all in this house, I am running a Mac G4, MOS 9.2.2, and Netscape
>4.79 . I have increased the font size several times and that does not help with the
>tiny font size in those sites to which I referred. It seems to change the normal font
>to Bold, but the font size itself does not get any larger AFAICT. I have decided to
>just live with it and order from those sites which I can clearly read. I appreciate
>all of your comments.
>Hoyt W.
on my windows machine mozilla allows me to dynamically adjust font
sizes on the fly. I suspect that the mac version does as well. try
it...
"J. Clarke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> Further, I've never had a virus shut down any of my Windows boxen, but I
do
> keep the patches current and use a dedicated firewall.
>
You guys better watch your step lest the self appointed "off topic" police
catch you!
Frank
In article <[email protected]>,
"Vic Baron" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Can't speak for a MAC but for those of us who use REAL computers <BFG> the
> text size increases also.
And how do you see anything when your
REAL computer is stopped dead, shutting down with the latest Sasser
virus or it's next varient? (BBFG!)
>
> Vic
>
> "Hoyt Weathers" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > For information to all in this house, I am running a Mac G4, MOS 9.2.2,
> and Netscape
> > 4.79 . I have increased the font size several times and that does not
> help with the
> > tiny font size in those sites to which I referred. It seems to change the
> normal font
> > to Bold, but the font size itself does not get any larger AFAICT. I have
> decided to
> > just live with it and order from those sites which I can clearly read. I
> appreciate
> > all of your comments.
> > Hoyt W.
> >
--
Thanks,
Ham
Bob Brogan wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> "Vic Baron" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Can't speak for a MAC but for those of us who use REAL computers <BFG>
>> the text size increases also.
>
> And how do you see anything when your
> REAL computer is stopped dead, shutting down with the latest Sasser
> virus or it's next varient? (BBFG!)
>
>>
He said real computer, didn't say anything about the OS. My real computer
with a real OS (Linux) doesn't have any of those problems, virus or fonts.
Hoyt Weathers <[email protected]> said:
> For information to all in this house, I am running a Mac G4, MOS
> 9.2.2, and Netscape 4.79 . I have increased the font size several
> times and that does not help with the tiny font size in those sites
> to which I referred.
I have the same problem with Firebird, a Mozilla browser. If I view the
page in IE the text is fine.
--
McQualude
Hoyt Weathers <[email protected]> writes:
>For information to all in this house, I am running a Mac G4, MOS 9.2.2, and Netscape
>4.79 . I have increased the font size several times and that does not help with the
>tiny font size in those sites to which I referred. It seems to change the normal font
>to Bold, but the font size itself does not get any larger AFAICT. I have decided to
>just live with it and order from those sites which I can clearly read. I appreciate
>all of your comments.
>Hoyt W.
>
Many sites specify fixed font sizes, mainly because the site designers
are idiots. Some sites have broken DTD's which cause modern gecko-derived
engines to display very small fonts. Netscape 4.79 is very old and has
little support for overriding font sizes. I'd recommend you used a gecko-based
engine on your Mac system (Mozilla, Firefox) or use Safari. Current Mozilla
engines have a "minimum font size" setting that will be unconditionally honored
no matter how the HTML is coded on the site.
scott
Eugene wrote:
> Bob Brogan wrote:
>
>> In article <[email protected]>,
>> "Vic Baron" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Can't speak for a MAC but for those of us who use REAL computers <BFG>
>>> the text size increases also.
>>
>> And how do you see anything when your
>> REAL computer is stopped dead, shutting down with the latest Sasser
>> virus or it's next varient? (BBFG!)
>>
>>>
> He said real computer, didn't say anything about the OS. My real computer
> with a real OS (Linux) doesn't have any of those problems, virus or fonts.
Further, I've never had a virus shut down any of my Windows boxen, but I do
keep the patches current and use a dedicated firewall.
--
--John
Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)
Can't speak for a MAC but for those of us who use REAL computers <BFG> the
text size increases also.
Vic
"Hoyt Weathers" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> For information to all in this house, I am running a Mac G4, MOS 9.2.2,
and Netscape
> 4.79 . I have increased the font size several times and that does not
help with the
> tiny font size in those sites to which I referred. It seems to change the
normal font
> to Bold, but the font size itself does not get any larger AFAICT. I have
decided to
> just live with it and order from those sites which I can clearly read. I
appreciate
> all of your comments.
> Hoyt W.
>