Re: Google

David Dyer <dd-b@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Tina_Hall@xxxxxxxxxxx (Tina Hall) writes:
>> David Dyer <dd-b@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

>>> But at least they can be allowed to scroll off.
>>
>> They can? I'm not sure we're still talking about the same thing.
>> ... What are you talking about?

> I was thalking about the vertical column of ads at the right of
> the screen. And *horizontal* scrolling.

I don't know whether they are ads; didn't look much at it apart from
seeing "isn't what I'm looking for".

>>> The character size can be adjusted in Windows preferences
>>> (Windows is the only windowing desktop system I've run; never
>>> had a Mac and never ran Linux as a desktop). It's at Desktop
>>> properties / Settings / Advanced / General.
>>
>> I'll try to find that [*], seeing whether I've missed something,
>> but I've changed the whole look of the daft Lose version that
>> came with the new (by now old) computer, much to the annoyance
>> of the aquaintance who installed the software now (maintaining a
>> brightly glowing white backround is better for the eyes). It
>> didn't change the look of the websites. Did that in the browser,
>> but that didn't have too many options.

> Most web sites override the background and font color.

Haven't looked at many, but setting the browser (now trying the third)
to use my colours works. It's the size of the letters that I find
irritating. Opera had mentioned some thingies called 'stylesheets'
somewhere, but I don't know what to do with one. (I think I've seen it
mentioned in Firefox, too, but the same problem there...)

Opera also had a button that fit it all into the window. Haven't
recognized an equivalent in Firefox.

> Even the ones I designed, mostly. When I override font size, I do it
> in terms of the user's default font size as a base, rather than
> setting my own arbitrary base. But I know a lot of sites just
> use a forced size.

Pretty inconsiderate. After all, there's a reason for the customized
size.

> That's why the Firefox and Opera keyboard shortcuts to increase and
> decrease font size are so useful sometimes (I always bump the Guardian
> (UK newspaper) up a size, for example).

Never mind keyboard shortcuts (I'll get there eventually, only will
speed that up if you know a way to discard the mouse entirely). Where do
I find an explanation for the symbols in those bars in Firefox? <g> (I
kicked out a lot of them, not knowing what they're good for. The help
tells me what to do with them, but not what they mean.)

>> [*] Didn't find that. Desktop settings, yes (I think so,
>> unfortunately this version is in German, ew), nothing looking
>> like Advanced or General. Not that important, though.

> Okay. I could describe position on the screen, except that
> changes from version to version (I'm on 2000).

Since I changed the default look, the position on the screen on your
computer wouldn't help anyway. <g>

>> Got a different browser now, and spent some time looking around
>> (the help function doesn't do anything), and finally got it to
>> look... at least better. (Though it uses the colours wrongly.)

> Opera lets you specify a lot of user defaults -- and has a button
> to force the user defaults to override the site design. Pretty
> useful, an amazing number of sites look better that way.

That's the one that uses the colours wrongly. (Like, backround colour
from one thing, and text colour from another, for something they aren't
specified in the settings - hard to explain what I mean, like (made up
example) menu text and 3D object backround used together to display a
pulldown menu - which then ends up black on black. Never mind that one
of the bars seems to have black text, no matter what the settings are.)

>> (Btw, got it started again after all, by kicking out the failed
>> installation of a firewall, successfully repeating what hadn't
>> worked when that aquaintance tried it, but without giving in as
>> easily.)

> Persistence is often productive in this stuff.

If I'm anything, I'm stubborn.

If you're willing to answer any upturning questions, could we take this
to email?

--
Tina
No good internet access. ('Cause there is none.)
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