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The problem with most "resize/zoom" solutions is that they assume everything needs to be resized, which is not ideal. This approach makes well-known buttons and
by tlogan 2y ago
The problem with most "resize/zoom" solutions is that they assume everything needs to be resized, which is not ideal. This approach makes well-known buttons and text unnecessarily large, reducing overall visibility.
For Gmail, I use this small extension [1] that only resizes the message text and subject line, keeping other elements like the search bar, buttons, and labels unchanged. I wish every website does this way.
[1] https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/email-zoom-text-reader-by/kllnaciiffhiobclgfhldgobnoajnbpa https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/email-zoom-text-rea...
- naitgacem 2y agoOne great feature on laptops' trackpad which is hard to get on a mouse is the pinch-to-zoom thing. It zooms you in without changing the layout or anything.
- sorahn 2y agomacOS has an accessibility feature where you can hold ctrl (or something) and use the scroll wheel to zoom the entire screen in. Not quite the same, but works really well for not breaking any layouts because it just scales the entire display out of the viewable area.
- naitgacem 2y agoctrl+scroll on Windows generally scales the text only. Even the built-in magnifier is extremly clunky and zooms only to 200%, 300% ...
- Vegenoid 2y agoThere is also a great piece of software that allows you to use ctrl+scroll to do the trackpad pinch-style zoom (and some other mouse-related things): https://macmousefix.com/ https://macmousefix.com/
- dredmorbius 2y agoOn mice, that's usually available via the scroll wheel. (Something ... notably missing from Apple's desktop mice.)
- jakub_g 2y agoFirefox on desktop supports "zoom text only" feature. But it's the only browser doing so. Because obviously it can break designs. OTOH Opera mobile supports text reflowing after zoom (to be enabled in settings). It's a compile time feature of Blink and I'm baffled why one else supports it. It eats a bit more battery to reflow on each zoom but come on.