Monitor size and resolution

[Walter R.]

I am running Win XP SP2. I set the screen resolution on my 17" monitor to
800x800. Increasingly, many websites (including MS) have switched their
layout from 800x600 to 1024x768. This is obvious because I often have to
scroll horizontally to see an entire website.

If I switch my screen resolution from 800x600 to 1024x768, the text in most
websites gets pretty small (hard to read!) and some websites do not fill the
entire screen horizontally. I have reset the font size in "View" to
"Largest" but this is not always effective.

If I buy a 19" monitor, would the small text get any bigger, or would I
simply get a larger quantity of the same, small text. How do other people
cope with this problem?

Thanks

 

[Ron Martell]

I am running Win XP SP2. I set the screen resolution on my 17" monitor to
800x800. Increasingly, many websites (including MS) have switched their
layout from 800x600 to 1024x768. This is obvious because I often have to
scroll horizontally to see an entire website.

If I switch my screen resolution from 800x600 to 1024x768, the text in most
websites gets pretty small (hard to read!) and some websites do not fill the
entire screen horizontally. I have reset the font size in "View" to
"Largest" but this is not always effective.

If I buy a 19" monitor, would the small text get any bigger, or would I
simply get a larger quantity of the same, small text. How do other people
cope with this problem?

1024 x 768 is normally a pretty good resolution for a 17 inch monitor,
although some people find they need to use the "large fonts" option
(Display - Settings - Advanced) for good readability.

I am currently using a 19 inch CRT at 1280 x 1024 using large fonts
and it works quite well.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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has never been in bed with a mosquito."

 

[Philly]

I am running Win XP SP2. I set the screen resolution on my 17" monitor to
800x800. Increasingly, many websites (including MS) have switched their
layout from 800x600 to 1024x768. This is obvious because I often have to
scroll horizontally to see an entire website.

If I switch my screen resolution from 800x600 to 1024x768, the text in
most websites gets pretty small (hard to read!) and some websites do not
fill the entire screen horizontally. I have reset the font size in "View"
to "Largest" but this is not always effective.

If I buy a 19" monitor, would the small text get any bigger, or would I
simply get a larger quantity of the same, small text. How do other people
cope with this problem?

Thanks

I have a 19" monitor and use the 1024x768, my text setting is set to Normal
at 96 DPI and I have no problems reading text in any websites that I visit.
The larger monitor should just result in larger text making it easier to
view.

 

[Guest]

Hi - to adjust resolution go to Control Panel, Display, Settings - change to
a higher resolution.

Now - to increase readability, click Appearance, Advanced. Click on the pop
up screen in an area where there is text. Change the text size to a size
that is comfortable for you - usually 10 or 12 point. If you have a LCD
display Verdana is the best font. It was developed specifically for LCDs and
corrects problems with downstrokes such as found in the letter "t". You can
also customize colors.

After you have done this and to really help go to Microsoft's Clearfont page
and test your settings. This test will adjust and smooth the text. You can
also turn Clearfont on in XP but I found that the test customizes better.

Hope this helps!

MM

 

[Alias~-]

Hi - to adjust resolution go to Control Panel, Display, Settings - change to
a higher resolution.

Now - to increase readability, click Appearance, Advanced. Click on the pop
up screen in an area where there is text. Change the text size to a size
that is comfortable for you - usually 10 or 12 point. If you have a LCD
display Verdana is the best font. It was developed specifically for LCDs and
corrects problems with downstrokes such as found in the letter "t". You can
also customize colors.

After you have done this and to really help go to Microsoft's Clearfont page
and test your settings. This test will adjust and smooth the text. You can
also turn Clearfont on in XP but I found that the test customizes better.

Hope this helps!

MM

The "Test" for ClearType (not Clearfont) is down-loadable as a program
from Microsoft and works better than the on line "test".

Alias