Re: NEC monitor

From	Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.hardware, comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: NEC monitor
Date	2011-12-26 21:53 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<jdaqd5$sai$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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In comp.os.linux.misc anotherpaul <file-box02@no-hotmail.com.invalid> wrote:
> On 2011-12-25, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> anotherpaul wrote:
>>> On 2011-12-25, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>>> notbob wrote:
>>>>> On 2011-12-25, Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Strange.  An LCD monitor only has one resolution.
>>>>>> Yep.  If this is your monitor:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.kdsusa.com/k22mdwb.asp
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1680x1050 is the right and only resolution.
>>>>> I wasn't aware of that.  Can the viewed resolution be changed?  I
>>>>> can't see those high resolutions.  Currently, I'm at 1024x768 and am
>>>>> constantly having to zoom web pages.  I used to use 800x600 on 17"
>>>>> CRTs, but this CRT is a 19".
>>>>>
>>>>> nb
>>>>>
>>>> ther is a way in Windows to essentially 'make everything bigger' at the 
>>>> software level rather than hardware.
>>>>
>>>> I think you change DPI rather than screen resolution and everything 
>>>> appears ..bigger - but the LCD is still running at native resolution..
>>> 
>>> If using firefox, get the Nosquint plugin/extension from the mozilla
>>> website.  It defaults to 120% but can be set to any increase from 120%
>>> to very much higher, perhaps 200%; can also set the preferred zoom
>>> for any particular website.  Nosquint also can just zoom the text
>>> only instead of the webpage.
>>> 
>> Firefox will zoom the whole shebang with no plugin needed..Crtl + does 
>> it usually
> 
> The zoom isn't fine enough as the zoom is done at a preset value; even
> Firefox has the ctrl + which doesn't do a decent job all the time.
> Safari & Chrome also have the ctrl + & still doesn't do what I want
> & just changing font sizes get overlaps & disappearing text at some
> sites.
> 
> Well, to each their own preferences;  I prefer the tighter control I 
> have with Nosquint.

Ctrl mousewheel has finer gradations than C+/C-. I normally use it in
preference to the C+/- variants.

Another useful hint: View -> Page Style -> No Style will eliminate
colors, especially useful on pages where there's a fg/bg combination
that's difficult to read. 

	Jerry

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NEC monitor notbob <notbob@nothome.com> - 2011-12-24 21:36 +0000
  Re: NEC monitor The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-12-24 22:34 +0000
    Re: NEC monitor dk3uz@arrl.net (Edmund H. Ramm) - 2011-12-25 17:28 +0000
  Re: NEC monitor TJ <TJ@noneofyour.business> - 2011-12-24 17:44 -0500
    Re: NEC monitor TJ <TJ@noneofyour.business> - 2011-12-25 08:50 -0500
    Re: NEC monitor philo <philo@invalid.not> - 2011-12-25 07:55 -0600
      Re: NEC monitor Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2011-12-25 10:00 -0500
        Re: NEC monitor notbob <notbob@nothome.com> - 2011-12-25 15:13 +0000
          Re: NEC monitor Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2011-12-25 10:41 -0500
          Re: NEC monitor TJ <TJ@noneofyour.business> - 2011-12-25 10:41 -0500
          Re: NEC monitor The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-12-25 19:20 +0000
            Re: NEC monitor anotherpaul <file-box02@no-hotmail.com.invalid> - 2011-12-25 21:41 +0000
              Re: NEC monitor The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-12-25 23:07 +0000
                Re: NEC monitor anotherpaul <file-box02@no-hotmail.com.invalid> - 2011-12-26 02:24 +0000
                Re: NEC monitor Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2011-12-26 21:53 +0000
              Re: NEC monitor Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2011-12-26 11:35 +0000
                Re: NEC monitor anotherpaul <file-box02@no-hotmail.com.invalid> - 2011-12-26 17:16 +0000
              Re: NEC monitor TJ <TJ@noneofyour.business> - 2011-12-26 12:53 -0500
        Re: NEC monitor philo <philo@invalid.not> - 2011-12-25 09:30 -0600
  Re: NEC monitor J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2011-12-25 01:26 +0000
  Re: NEC monitor -rw------- <no@no.no> - 2011-12-25 02:09 +0000
  Re: NEC monitor General Schvantzkoph <schvantzkoph@yahoo.com> - 2011-12-25 02:27 +0000
  Re: NEC monitor Bill Waddington <william.waddington@beezmo.com> - 2011-12-25 07:49 -0800
  Re: NEC monitor david <none@nospam.com> - 2011-12-25 21:03 +0000
  Re: NEC monitor ray <ray@zianet.com> - 2011-12-26 18:37 +0000

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