"Frank" <fb@win7x32.esd> wrote in message
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> On 10/9/2010 7:41 AM, Alex Clayton wrote:
>> "Alias" <aka@masked&anonymous.com.¡nval¡daditos> wrote in message
>> news:i8i6ek$no9$2@news.eternal-september.org...
>>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolo...orer-market-share-dips-below-50-per-cent.html
>>>
>>>
>>> I doubt IE 9 will make a difference being as Ballmer has decided not
>>> to make it for XP.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Alias
>>>
>> No surprise to me. The one good thing that came of me playing with Linux
>> one time was trying Firefox. I FAR prefer it. The main reason is as soon
>> as I found out how easy it is to enlarge the text without having to use
>> the damn magnifier. I have found that in one of my classes at school the
>> instructor now recommends it also. Every time I have showed another
>> student who like me needs readers to see these days they of course love
>> the way you can enlarge text so easily.
>
> In IE8/9, hold down the Ctrl key and roll the mouse wheel.
> How difficult is that, huh?
>
Well damn, how long have they had that? Now that I have gotten used to
Firefox I always hated it when I ran into something where I had to use IE
because I was always straining to read the text. I had never heard they came
up with an easy way for us older eyes types to enlarge it. Thanks!!!
--
Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer.
Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does
not go nearly as well with pizza.
--Dave Barry