Question: IE v. Firefox

Cloud · 09-07-2010, 10:42 AM

long story short: I am coordinating weekly "tech tuesday" staff training on Word and other software/tech stuff we use.

I showed everyone how to strip off the fancy page styling from websites for readability (View--Page Style--No Style), and how to increase the text size (CNTRL +). Then it was pointed out to me that only works for Firefox.

duh. Anybody know how to do those things in IE?

wolf · 09-07-2010, 10:46 AM

You're probably not allowed to do those things in IE. That could make it useful and friendly.

Cloud · 09-07-2010, 10:50 AM

right. Unfortunately, everybody uses it at work.

dmg1969 · 09-07-2010, 11:13 AM

I checked my I.E. (I am a Firefox user too).

Style - in I.E. is View>Style>No Style or Default Style.
Text - in I.E. is View>Text Size>Smallest, Smaller, Medium, Larger or Largest.

Cloud · 09-07-2010, 11:18 AM

I don't have a "style" selection in my IE View menu. (IE7) Although I do see the text size selection there.

Flint · 09-07-2010, 12:43 PM

Tools/Internet Options/Accessability/Format documents using my style sheet

Don't know what a syle sheet is, or does, or where to get one; but that's where you apply it.

Cloud · 09-07-2010, 01:05 PM

style sheet would be CSS code? I has none

Sperlock · 09-07-2010, 10:01 PM

You could take a Reset CSS example, copy and paste into a text editor, save it, and use that.

bbro · 09-08-2010, 01:35 PM

I found a shortcut that works on both! If you hold the ctrl key down and use the wheel on your mouse, it will zoom bigger or smaller depending on what way you are moving the wheel.

limey · 09-09-2010, 12:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bbro

I found a shortcut that works on both! If you hold the ctrl key down and use the wheel on your mouse, it will zoom bigger or smaller depending on what way you are moving the wheel.

OMFG!

Cloud · 09-09-2010, 12:59 PM

very cool!

09-29-2010, 04:21 AM

I hate IE, it take so much time to load. I use firefox and its my favorite.

classicman · 09-29-2010, 11:30 AM

I'm with moon.

Flint · 09-29-2010, 11:48 AM

I watch the trendy browser crowd with amusement. Not that there's anything wrong with it, I just have a different persepctive, working in IT and using applications which HAVE TO run, as a literal life and death matter. I run vanilla XPP SP3 IE7, and when I (rarely) encounter something which does not run on a generic windows box, I just say "how cute, the developer is twleve" and move on.

Shawnee123 · 09-29-2010, 12:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flint

I watch the trendy browser crowd with amusement. Not that there's anything wrong with it, I just have a different persepctive, working in IT and using applications which HAVE TO run, as a literal life and death matter. I run vanilla XPP SP3 IE7, and when I (rarely) encounter something which does not run on a generic windows box, I just say "how cute, the developer is twleve" and move on.

Seriously.

09-07-2010, 10:42 AM	#1
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	Question: IE v. Firefox long story short: I am coordinating weekly "tech tuesday" staff training on Word and other software/tech stuff we use. I showed everyone how to strip off the fancy page styling from websites for readability (View--Page Style--No Style), and how to increase the text size (CNTRL +). Then it was pointed out to me that only works for Firefox. duh. Anybody know how to do those things in IE? __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

09-07-2010, 10:46 AM	#2
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09-07-2010, 10:50 AM	#3
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	right. Unfortunately, everybody uses it at work. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

09-07-2010, 11:13 AM	#4
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09-07-2010, 11:18 AM	#5
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	I don't have a "style" selection in my IE View menu. (IE7) Although I do see the text size selection there. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!" Last edited by Cloud; 09-07-2010 at 11:27 AM.

09-07-2010, 12:43 PM	#6
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Tools/Internet Options/Accessability/Format documents using my style sheet Don't know what a syle sheet is, or does, or where to get one; but that's where you apply it. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

09-07-2010, 01:05 PM	#7
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	style sheet would be CSS code? I has none __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

09-07-2010, 10:01 PM	#8
Sperlock Elite Elitist Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 322	You could take a Reset CSS example, copy and paste into a text editor, save it, and use that. __________________ Every oak tree started out as a couple of nuts who stood their ground. - Anonymous http://informationthreshold.blogspot.com, http://spiritualthreshold.blogspot.com

09-08-2010, 01:35 PM	#9
bbro Insert witty comment here Join Date: May 2004 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 2,182	I found a shortcut that works on both! If you hold the ctrl key down and use the wheel on your mouse, it will zoom bigger or smaller depending on what way you are moving the wheel.

09-09-2010, 12:59 PM	#11
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	very cool! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

09-29-2010, 04:21 AM	#12
moonheart Guest Posts: n/a	I hate IE, it take so much time to load. I use firefox and its my favorite.

09-29-2010, 11:30 AM	#13
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	I'm with moon. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

09-29-2010, 11:48 AM	#14
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I watch the trendy browser crowd with amusement. Not that there's anything wrong with it, I just have a different persepctive, working in IT and using applications which HAVE TO run, as a literal life and death matter. I run vanilla XPP SP3 IE7, and when I (rarely) encounter something which does not run on a generic windows box, I just say "how cute, the developer is twleve" and move on. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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