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Browser For The Old Guys

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by BobFinn*, Mar 13, 2006.

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  1. BobFinn*

    BobFinn* Member

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    This is a thread for the old guys on the BBS (or anybody with bad eyesite)

    AOL Browser has an excellent "Power Browsing" feature that allows you to "Zoom In" on the page you are looking at. Makes everything LARGER. There are many sites that drive me crazy with small fonts that give me headaches trying to read.

    I refuse to use Foxfire (memory issues,and I have no idea if they even have this feature) and find AOL Browser works for me.

    So if anyone wants to ENLARGE the page they are viewing, I highly recommend it.

    http://downloads.channel.aol.com/browser

    Just right click any page you are on and click on "Power Browsing" and then click on "Zoom In Page"
     
    #1 BobFinn*, Mar 13, 2006
  2. BenignDMD

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    People still use AOL? :cool:
     
    #2 BenignDMD, Mar 13, 2006
  3. Mr. Brightside

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    Sounds cool, but are you guys just resisting glasses?
     
    #3 Mr. Brightside, Mar 13, 2006
  4. Mr. Brightside

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    I only use Netscape. No IE or Firefox for me.
     
    #4 Mr. Brightside, Mar 13, 2006
  5. jchu14

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    A cool trick for those people with mouse that has a scroll wheel, you can zoom in and out of webpages by holding down Control then scroll up and down. Pretty neat.

    edit: oh yea, it works in FF and IE.
     
    #5 jchu14, Mar 13, 2006
  6. BobFinn*

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    YES!!! :cool:
     
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  7. BobFinn*

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    Doesn't work for me and I have IE
     
    #7 BobFinn*, Mar 13, 2006
  8. RC Cola

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    Opera does the same thing (zoom in/out on pages). You could also use the mouse wheel as a shortcut, as mentioned.
     
    #8 RC Cola, Mar 13, 2006
  9. Ubiquitin

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    BobFinn*, have you sold out?! :cool:
     
    #9 Ubiquitin, Mar 13, 2006
  10. BobFinn*

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    LOL, No I haven't. None of that other crap works for me. Scroll and press ctrl, Bahhh.

    Just trying to help enjoy the browsing experience.
     
    #10 BobFinn*, Mar 13, 2006
  11. JunkyardDwg

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    Wow, that's freakin awesome...you learn something new every day :)
     
    #11 JunkyardDwg, Mar 13, 2006
  12. Harrisment

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    Ok, that's all I needed to hear. :p
     
    #12 Harrisment, Mar 13, 2006
  13. Kam

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    If you are using IE, can't you just go to View in the menu bar, and then Text size?
     
    #13 Kam, Mar 13, 2006
  14. droxford

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    AOL is crap.
     
    #14 droxford, Mar 13, 2006
  15. Miguel

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    This thread makes me cry.

    Either AOL is lining the inside of your wallet with gold and you have no shame...or you're clinically insane.

    That is all.
     
    #15 Miguel, Mar 13, 2006
  16. Rocket River

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    I have been debating the move to netscape
    They have a good NewsBrowser too if i recall

    Rocket River
    Yahoo Messenger is screw up something in my IE
     
    #16 Rocket River, Mar 14, 2006
  17. DarkHorse

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    Why is this new? IE, Firefox, and Opera all allow you to expand the size of your text as well.

    Oh, you want a "better Internet"?

    Boooooo AOL!

    Way to prey on the ill-informed.
     
    #17 DarkHorse, Mar 14, 2006
  18. RunninRaven

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    That pretty much says it all.
     
    #18 RunninRaven, Mar 14, 2006
  19. the futants

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    i was going to suggest this...

    also, people actually still use aol???!!! :eek:
     
    #19 the futants, Mar 14, 2006
  20. macalu

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    i love how you can never cancel that POS AOL. stupid rep would always say, we'll give you 3 more months free. and of course, i'd say, ok. then 3 months later i repeat the cycle until i said the hell with it. cancel my ****! this was in 1999.
     
    #20 macalu, Mar 14, 2006
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