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Changing web page size in your web browswer
There are few rules relating to size for web page writers.
People have different sized screens set to different resolutions. People
also vary widely in how well they see.
Thus, users benefit if they can control the size of web
pages. Web Browsers such as MSIE and Netscape have user controlled
settings to select text sizes. Web pages also have images, User choices
for setting image sizes are limited. Bookmarklets change the size of
everything on a web page, so proportions are maintained. One can scroll
the current page to examine the desired portion.
Alas, when one goes to a different page, the settings are
not maintained. Nonetheless, seeing everything larger is often useful.
This info is from the 08/2005 Cursor, the monthly
newsletter from WACUG computer
club in Alexandria, VA.
The example used here makes the image 33% (about 1/3)
larger. The value used, actually 133%, could be changed when the
bookmarklet is created. One could make several of these, and select the
one desired.
- Creating a bookmarklet
- All web browsers permit users to store web page locations worth
a revisit. Microsoft's MSIE calls a collection of such page
locations Favorites, while Netscape calls them Bookmarks. A
bookmarklet is a modified Favorite/Bookmark.
- This explanation assumes one is using MSIE. One begins by
creating a Favorite.
- With MSIE in use, and a web page displayed, select
"Favorites" and note that the first item on the drop down menu
says 'Add to Favorites.' Select that item.
- You'll be be prompted for a Title. Enter something like
"Enlarge image 33%."
- You have created a Favorite. The next step is to change it to
a bookmarklet.
- Close, then open the MSIE web browser. This ensures that the
browser and this explanation are in alignment.
- Select "Favorites" from the MSIE Menu Bar. Find the "Enlarge
image 33%" Favorite, then select it using the _Right_ Mouse
Button, or RMB.
- On the menu, select "Properties." The resulting image has 2
tabs, General and Web Document. Select the Web Document Tab.
- The URL box will have something starting with "http://";
erase that and repace it with the line below:
javascript: void(document.body.style.zoom='133%')
Note that the line above has one space, before void.
- Finish by clicking "Apply," then "OK." If you get an error query
choose "Yes," to keep the target anyway.
- The value selected for this example, 133%, is arbitrary. One could
use 150% or 200% instead. For a smaller web page, one could use
50% or 70%. Reader's choice.
- As mentioned earlier, one could make more of these as a way to
fine tune web page size on your computer.
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