Web pages are not automaticaly resizing

[Guest]

Just bought a new computer, and continued using my old LCD monitor. Although
now I'm using it with a DVI lead. When bring up webpages the text is small,
particularly on sites like the BBC and Yahoo, where there is lots of space on
the screen to the right that is just not filled.

I believe that the problem is something to do with resolutions, and that
they normally resize to fit the screen. This isn't happening on my computer,
and in general, everything seems to be a lot smaller.

Is there an option where I can get pages to automatically resize to the size
of the screen?

 

[keepout]

Just bought a new computer, and continued using my old LCD monitor. Although
now I'm using it with a DVI lead. When bring up webpages the text is small,
particularly on sites like the BBC and Yahoo, where there is lots of space on
the screen to the right that is just not filled.

I believe that the problem is something to do with resolutions, and that
they normally resize to fit the screen. This isn't happening on my computer,
and in general, everything seems to be a lot smaller.

Is there an option where I can get pages to automatically resize to the size
of the screen?

you could go into accessibility and ignore fonts sizes and styles. I've always seen that as much simpler than trying to interpret every weird font out there.

Or make your own style sheet. And format the entire web in colors styles,and sizes. doesn't work with text on an image.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM]

Just bought a new computer, and continued using my old LCD monitor.
Although
now I'm using it with a DVI lead. When bring up webpages the text is
small,
particularly on sites like the BBC and Yahoo, where there is lots of space
on
the screen to the right that is just not filled.

I believe that the problem is something to do with resolutions, and that
they normally resize to fit the screen. This isn't happening on my
computer,
and in general, everything seems to be a lot smaller.

Is there an option where I can get pages to automatically resize to the
size
of the screen?

The problem is usually the coding on the page. Whoever coded it decided
that it looks best, say, 800 pisels wide, so if your window is 1024 pixels
you get that blank space on one or both sides.

 

[Guest]

Thanks. I appeciate what you are saying about the coding. However normally a
site like the BBC or Yahoo would resize itself to fill the screen. It did
that automatically with the same monitor last week, so it must be a problem
at my end, not with the web page.

So either something has changed with the monitor (new DVI cable, or
differerent settings on a new computer), or maybe it's a graphic card issue.
I'm at a loss, and it's really frustrating as it's not comfortable to read.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM]

Thanks. I appeciate what you are saying about the coding. However normally
a
site like the BBC or Yahoo would resize itself to fill the screen. It did
that automatically with the same monitor last week, so it must be a
problem
at my end, not with the web page.

So either something has changed with the monitor (new DVI cable, or
differerent settings on a new computer), or maybe it's a graphic card
issue.
I'm at a loss, and it's really frustrating as it's not comfortable to
read.

I just went to Yahoo and it looks like it's set to 1024 wide on my 1280 x
1024 screen.