Chrissie Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 I know Internet Explorer 7 has been discussed before and, now having downloaded it, I have what is I hope a fairly simple problem:In order to get the font size to a reasonably readable level, I lose the page width and have to keep scrolling to and fro to read lines (not just this site but everything!) And the font is horrible and half the letters are squidged up together. Is there a menu somewhere I can access to get things looking normal again?Chrissie (81) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Mine doesn't behave like that, it sounds more like the zoom action than just a changed text size. Is the zoom level set at 100% on the status bar at the bottom right? Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancake Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 See if this is of help... http://www.microsoft.com/enable/products/ie7/ I went into Add/Remove and got rid of 7...Went back to 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob T Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 If IE7 is giving problems then why not just download Firefox? There are many IT people using it and if you don't like it you can just go back to IE7. Why mess with something that does not suit you when there is something much better out there for free? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 Why change when all that needs to be done is re-set the zoom level.Page - Zoom - 100%Done.If you want larger type, simply set a size and then set the Zoom to 75% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Trollope Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 [quote user="Bob T"]If IE7 is giving problems then why not just download Firefox? There are many IT people using it and if you don't like it you can just go back to IE7. Why mess with something that does not suit you when there is something much better out there for free?[/quote]'cos its pants, perhaps?& I can't run IE7 (W2000), so I am stuck with IE6, which is the best of a bad lot.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissie Posted December 21, 2006 Author Share Posted December 21, 2006 Thanks everyone - I hadn't seen the zoom thing hidden away in the bottom right hand corner[:$], but jiggling around with text size and that button has finally got me a readable version of things.Am still not too happy with the menus/toolbars but have customised them as best I can and I expect in a few weeks it'll seem normal.....Chrissie (81) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob T Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 [quote user="nicktrollope"][quote user="Bob T"]If IE7 is giving problems then why not just download Firefox? There are many IT people using it and if you don't like it you can just go back to IE7. Why mess with something that does not suit you when there is something much better out there for free?[/quote]'cos its pants, perhaps?& I can't run IE7 (W2000), so I am stuck with IE6, which is the best of a bad lot.... [/quote]I take it that your comment that Firefox is pants is you opinion and not based on experience. As I have said many IT companies use Firefox rather than IE mainly because it is more secure. Having worked with IT since the early 80s, when I was trained as a systems analyst, and having worked with many big businesses, I can assure you that it is a serious piece of software and does not require the security updates that IE seems to need each month. But it is a free world, use what you want, but please give us the reasons for the "pants" remark so that we can all learn from your experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Trollope Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 How can one have an opinion without experience? I tried (and continue to try) Fiefox since it came out - and my opinion hasn't changed. It has issues with Java and applets and a whole host of other "issue" and the support is non-existant. Free it maybe, serious it maybe, good it ain't. (IMHO, of course). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 What are the Java and applet issues? I haven't had any problems with them in Firefox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 Me either. What are you doing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 Me neither...It is worth noting that a lot of the changes introduced in IE7 are partly due to the popularity of Firefox... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 I did notice that IE7 is almost a Firefox clone - tabbing etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 Nothing wrong with my firefox, or the previous one. Have been using it for ages and ages. Whats an 'applet' ? [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 It's a little application which does something. Which exhausts my knowledge on the subject.Wikipedia, however, knows more:"An applet is a software component that runs in the context of another program, for example a web browser. An applet usually performs a very narrow function that has no independent use. Hence, it is an application -let. The term was introduced in AppleScriptin 1993. An applet is distinguished from "subroutine" by severalfeatures. First, it executes only on the "client" platform environmentof a system, as contrasted from "servlet."As such, an applet provides functionality or performance beyond thedefault capabilities of its container (the browser). Also, in contrastwith a subroutine, certain capabilities are restricted by thecontainer. An applet is written in a language that is different fromthe scripting or HTMLlanguage which invokes it. The applet is written in a compiledlanguage, while the scripting language of the container is aninterpreted language, hence the greater performance or functionality ofthe applet. Unlike a "subroutine," a complete web component can beimplemented as an applet." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 Ummm... yeah, right, spot on... [blink] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 Dick,I'm glad you cleared up that point for me - I think![8-)]ps Is there an English translation [:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Trollope Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 [quote user="Cassis"]What are the Java and applet issues? I haven't had any problems with them in Firefox. [/quote]Java & ActiveX won't, and any number of applets (from the sort of sites that I visit!) don't run. Many of the extensions are uninstallable (on my network, W2000 & W2000 Server). These matters have been discussed before, on this & other forums.Biggest problem is the complete lack of support for the product - I have never managed to get an answer from them.So, I go back to IE6 (which was the original point of the thread) which works, most of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 That's odd, Nick. Java and ActiveX work fine for me and I've never had a problem installing extensions. Anyway, main thing is that everybody has something that suits them. [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ssc Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 Does anyone know how to access the option to get IE7 to 'check for newer version of web page every visit'. Just realised that since I changed from IE6 a few days ago my homepage was 4 days old. I know I can manually refresh but would like it on auto. Have looked in all the obviously places but d*mned if I can find it .Thanks - Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenniswitch Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 [quote user="Ssc"]Does anyone know how to access the option to get IE7 to 'check for newer version of web page every visit'. Just realised that since I changed from IE6 a few days ago my homepage was 4 days old. I know I can manually refresh but would like it on auto. Have looked in all the obviously places but d*mned if I can find it .Thanks - Tony[/quote]Tools/Internet Options/General/Browsing History Settings/Check for newer versions of stored web pages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenniswitch Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 [quote user="Cassis"]That's odd, Nick. Java and ActiveX work fine for me and I've never had a problem installing extensions.[/quote] Same here.[quote user="Cassis"]Anyway, main thing is that everybody has something that suits them. [:)][/quote]You are so right.[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ssc Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 Thank you tenniswitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ssc Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 [quote user="tenniswitch"][quote user="Ssc"] Does anyone know how to access the option to get IE7 to 'check for newer version of web page every visit'. Just realised that since I changed from IE6 a few days ago my homepage was 4 days old. I know I can manually refresh but would like it on auto. Have looked in all the obviously places but d*mned if I can find it .Thanks - Tony[/quote]Tools/Internet Options/General/Browsing History Settings/Check for newer versions of stored web pages[/quote]Found it and changed settings to check for new pages every time. Really wierd, my homepage BBC still doesn't auto refresh. All other web pages seem Ok, its just my homepage. Does anyone have any suggestions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenniswitch Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 That does seem odd. When you logged on today, you got yesterday's page? So it can't just be that they've gotten slow about updating the page during the day?I've not had that problem with my homepage in IE7 (but then my homepage isn't BBC). I'll think on it (as we like to say in the backwoods). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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