Semi-reprieve

[flemmings]

Win98 works still, hurrah. Win98 uses IE6, which normally I have no problem with. But LJ does, OMG does it ever. Ticky boxes everywhere that no css scripts will disappear, and entries scroll up and over that heading I have up there. Firefox it is, at least for the time being.

Yes I know the universe is telling me I waste too much time reading LJ. Eventually I will listen.

Comments

[mauvecloud.livejournal.com]

You may already know this, but with firefox, under tools > options > contexts > font & colors > advanced, you can set a minimum font size. No page will ever display font smaller than the minimum. (I'm fond of large fonts too, because i sit far from the monitor. not as far as mikeneko, tho :D)

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

My problem with Firefox is that it displays, say, Arial 12 different in different places. On my FL it's a decent font. But click the lj-cut and view the whole entry, and suddenly it's a size smaller. Bump it up 10% and it looks like the previous page; but the previous page is now enormous. I think it's the fault of a low resolution (800x600 on this beast, but even 1024x768 had the same problem. At the minuscule resolution laptops and others seem to prefer, the difference is negligible.

And yes, I sit almost as far away as mike does-- nearly a meter from the screen for choice.

[mauvecloud.livejournal.com]

re font in my case too big is better than too small, but if they get really too big, ctrl and minus keys are handy with my wireless keyboard =P

i used to be a staunch IE user until IE7 came along... i heard it's not too bad with IE8, but 1. it still lags on my machine here (maybe i am not too careful about add-ins/plug-ins i allow to get installed on IE), and 2. i've been with ff for the last 6 years.

[baka-neko.livejournal.com]

there was a page where you could download old versions of programs? I'll imagine firefox or opera might handle this better.