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Ken Springer wrote:

Have you tried anything like this, to help read the monitor screen?

https://www.buymightysight.com/

A friend of mine just bought a pair at our local Walmart, and thinks
they work great.

What are the LEDs needed to view a /monitor/? The monitor already
outputs light. In fact, unless you turn it off, it could light up a
room unless you use a dark theme.

As for the 160% magnification, you can buy reading glasses at Walmart
for cheaper than those $20 overpriced ones. Also, magnifiers don't
correct your vision. If you wear glasses, magnifiers just make bigger
what you have problems reading already without your glasses. If you
don't like bifocals (I don't) then get a pair of prescription reading
glasses. Tell the optometrist the distance between your eyes and the
monitor since they need to adjust the lenses to that focal distance.
Once you get prescription reading glasses, you'll find it unlikely you
need any magnification.

I know about this. The screen was getting a bit fuzzier with old age.
I tried magnifiers, but all that did is make larger the screen which
still remained fuzzy. Getting prescription reading glasses made it a
lot easier to read the screen, and without any magnification.

Magnification just makes small text look bigger, so those help only if
you're having troubles reading tiny text. That's not what the OP
expressed. You could just up the DPI setting to see larger text.

What are the LEDs needed to view a /monitor/? The monitor already
outputs light. In fact, unless you turn it off, it could light up a
room unless you use a dark theme.

As for the 160% magnification, you can buy reading glasses at Walmart
for cheaper than those $20 overpriced ones. Also, magnifiers don't
correct your vision. If you wear glasses, magnifiers just make bigger
what you have problems reading already without your glasses. If you
don't like bifocals (I don't) then get a pair of prescription reading
glasses. Tell the optometrist the distance between your eyes and the
monitor since they need to adjust the lenses to that focal distance.
Once you get prescription reading glasses, you'll find it unlikely you
need any magnification.

I know about this. The screen was getting a bit fuzzier with old age.
I tried magnifiers, but all that did is make larger the screen which
still remained fuzzy. Getting prescription reading glasses made it a
lot easier to read the screen, and without any magnification.

Magnification just makes small text look bigger, so those help only if
you're having troubles reading tiny text. That's not what the OP
expressed. You could just up the DPI setting to see larger text.


Agreed...I have 2 sets of glasses
one for driving....another for computer
both from Optometrist and they work great.

Peter

On 9/21/19 5:42 AM, VanguardLH wrote:
Ken Springer wrote:

Have you tried anything like this, to help read the monitor screen?

https://www.buymightysight.com/

A friend of mine just bought a pair at our local Walmart, and thinks
they work great.

What are the LEDs needed to view a /monitor/? The monitor already
outputs light. In fact, unless you turn it off, it could light up a
room unless you use a dark theme.

We don't *know* how hard it is for Rene to read the screen. But there
is certainly a difference in readability of monitor screens, especially
in some of the laptops I've seen.

In the messages earlier where we were discussing screen resolutions,
Rene mentioned he still does custom builds. These glasses may be of
help in that and other tasks.

There was a time when I could go to a restaurant with low light and have
no problem reading the menu. Those days are long gone. Now I take a
pocket flashlight and a magnifying glass. (No smartphone here, I don't
have a use for one. Just a cheap Tracfone.) Ever try to hold a
magnifying glass in one hand, a flashlight in the other, and still do
something with your hands??? LOL

As for the 160% magnification, you can buy reading glasses at Walmart
for cheaper than those $20 overpriced ones. Also, magnifiers don't
correct your vision.

If your eyes are in the situation I'm in, it's not the magnification,
it's the addition light that is just as important. As I hinted at in
the previous paragraph.

If you wear glasses, magnifiers just make bigger
what you have problems reading already without your glasses.

Large fuzzy text may be readable where the smaller fuzzy text isn't.

If you
don't like bifocals (I don't) then get a pair of prescription reading
glasses. Tell the optometrist the distance between your eyes and the
monitor since they need to adjust the lenses to that focal distance.
Once you get prescription reading glasses, you'll find it unlikely you
need any magnification.

I've had computer glasses for years!!! But it's not always that simple.
There are other eye issues that can enter into this, such as cataracts
and the surgery, and macular degeneration.

I know that's a fact! I'm there right now!

I know about this. The screen was getting a bit fuzzier with old age.
I tried magnifiers, but all that did is make larger the screen which
still remained fuzzy. Getting prescription reading glasses made it a
lot easier to read the screen, and without any magnification.

And that worked for me for years. I've worn glasses since 7th grade,
meaning 1959. By themselves, prescriptions glasses along no longer cut
it for me.

I do have an appointment coming up to try to fix things, but the best
I'm hoping for is to improve the situation. I'm not holding out hope
for getting back to 20/20 vision.

Magnification just makes small text look bigger, so those help only if
you're having troubles reading tiny text. That's not what the OP
expressed. You could just up the DPI setting to see larger text.

What I've learned personally, a statement like the first sentence may
come back to burn your butt. G Mine's been singed. ROFL



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On 9/21/19 6:09 AM, pk121 wrote:

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Agreed...I have 2 sets of glasses
one for driving....another for computer
both from Optometrist and they work great.

Used to work great for me too. But, it appears those days are long
gone. :-(


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Firefox 69.0
Thunderbird 60.8
"My brain is like lightning, a quick flash
and it's gone!"

On Sat, 21 Sep 2019 08:43:15 -0600, Ken Springer
wrote:

On 9/21/19 6:09 AM, pk121 wrote:

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Agreed...I have 2 sets of glasses
one for driving....another for computer
both from Optometrist and they work great.

Used to work great for me too.


I used to have three: one for reading, one for the monitor, one for
everything else,


But, it appears those days are long
gone. :-(



Same here. Having had cataract surgery, I now almost never wear
glasses. The only tome I wear glasses is when reading in bed, lying on
my belly.

On 9/21/19 8:51 AM, Ken Blake wrote:
On Sat, 21 Sep 2019 08:43:15 -0600, Ken Springer
wrote:

On 9/21/19 6:09 AM, pk121 wrote:

snip

Agreed...I have 2 sets of glasses
one for driving....another for computer
both from Optometrist and they work great.

Used to work great for me too.


I used to have three: one for reading, one for the monitor, one for
everything else,


But, it appears those days are long
gone. :-(



Same here. Having had cataract surgery, I now almost never wear
glasses. The only tome I wear glasses is when reading in bed, lying on
my belly.

I've had cataract surgery in both eyes also, but the macular
degeneration and astigmatism adds issues.


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Firefox 69.0
Thunderbird 60.8
"My brain is like lightning, a quick flash
and it's gone!"

Ken Springer wrote:

There was a time when I could go to a restaurant with low light and have
no problem reading the menu. Those days are long gone. Now I take a
pocket flashlight and a magnifying glass.

Could be those restaurants are getting darker. I figure if I cannot see
the food then I should eat somewhere else. A darkened room doesn't lie
to me that there are other people there, so what else would they being
trying to hide by making it too dark to see your food. I'd rather trade
good food for ambience.

Ever try to hold a
magnifying glass in one hand, a flashlight in the other, and still do
something with your hands??? LOL

Rather than look like a freak wearing those instant 20/20 dial-in geek
eyewear that have LEDs, you can get LOTS of magnifier lenses that have a
built in light. Of course, you could drive your point home to the
restaurant manager that you dislike the overly dark room by donning a
cap that has a 4-LED lamp clamped to its visor. Everyone will notice
you lighting up the menu.

When there were more items on the menu, the menu size got larger. Now
they're concerned with reducing space to tuck one into a stand that
doesn't obstruct use of the table or require the waiter to tote around
huge menus. I've been to those places where the menu was too small to
read, so I'd call over the waiter and have him read it with which he
also had difficulty - just to point out the print was too small. I'd
rather make a nuisance of myself to point out their failing than kowtow
to their stupidities or inadequacies.

A waitress took my order, but asked what I wanted for dessert at that
time rather than come back later to ask (rather pushy since patrons may
not know if the want dessert until nearly finishing the meal). She
brought over the dessert (ice cream) with the meal, and immediately left
rather than asking how was everything and before I noticed her error.
Of course, it melted before I got done with the meal. When the waitress
brought the bill, I said to take off the ice cream and to clean up the
mess (I slid the bowl to the edge of the table, so as it melted onto the
table and also dripped onto the floor). Unless she is a retard, bet she
didn't do that again.

I complained to the manager for never getting my meal despite my buddy
got his. I was positioned to watch her moving around and tried to wave
to get her attention, and even called out to her several times. When
she was at the counter where there was tile flooring, I tossed
silverware to make noise at her feet (no, I didn't throw it at her).
She kept going to the same table to chat with her friends. The manager
apologized, I obviously didn't pay, and they explained some problems
with that employee. After leaving, I and a buddy were standing in front
of my car next to the door. The waitress stomped out and exclaimed "You
got me fired". My retort was "One complaint didn't get you fired."

If you don't tell the manager there was a problem with the food or
service then they won't know. Too often telling the waiter results in
no change or correction. I'm not there to pay to be a victim.

If your eyes are in the situation I'm in, it's not the magnification,
it's the addition light that is just as important. As I hinted at in
the previous paragraph.

I've been in restaurants where both I and my date had to use the candle
to read the menu. Upon agreement, we left to go eat elsewhere, but not
until telling the manager their ambience sucked being too dark to see
the menu and the food. I tell the manager that I need to see the menu
to order, and that I require seeing the food that I eat. If the date
didn't agree to go elsewhere, I'd tell the waiter that I just wanted a
glass of water since they made it impossible to see the menu, the food,
and my date.

I've been in restaurants where the music was so loud that talking to
anyone at the same table was difficult. I'd tell them to turn it down.
The manager was absent, and the kids decided they wanted the music loud.
I had to ask twice because the kids thought they could ignore me until I
said I would leave, not pay, and later phone the manager to complain.

Large fuzzy text may be readable where the smaller fuzzy text isn't.

Then you acknowledge that the focus issue never got addressed.

I've had computer glasses for years!!! But it's not always that simple.
There are other eye issues that can enter into this, such as cataracts
and the surgery, and macular degeneration.

With a computer monitor, you can use handicap features that make
everything larger by giving you a portal to just some of the screen
content. That's until you get a much larger screen but do NOT increase
the resolution (to keep the large screen with upping resolution to make
everything smaller).

You can't get prescription eyewear that corrects [some of] your vision
defects while also magnifying? That is, get the prescription eyewear
but add magnification.

If you need light (e.g., dark restaurant), wear a cap with an LED light.
It will be very bright and bring home the point that you're complaining
about overly dark ambience. I have a thin penlight attached to my
keychain which come in handy to flag the waiter in the dark restaurant,
as well as other users.

I do have an appointment coming up to try to fix things, but the best
I'm hoping for is to improve the situation. I'm not holding out hope
for getting back to 20/20 vision.

You could ask the waiter for the handicap-sized menu. If they don't
have one, have the waiter read the menu. Only pestering them has a
chance of changing their behavior. I've not yet had to do that, but mom
had really bad eyesight and needed a bigger menu or the waiter to read
the menu.

VangaurdLH: Magnification just makes small text look bigger, so those
help only if you're having troubles reading tiny text. That's not
what the OP expressed. You could just up the DPI setting to see
larger text.

What I've learned personally, a statement like the first sentence may
come back to burn your butt. G Mine's been singed. ROFL

I'm not an optometrist. I'm not writing a class textbook here for
training. I won't be addressing every possible scenario with simple
declarations. Saying "your car has tires" won't cover someone that uses
a hovercraft.

On 9/21/19 8:09 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
Ken Springer wrote:

There was a time when I could go to a restaurant with low light and have
no problem reading the menu. Those days are long gone. Now I take a
pocket flashlight and a magnifying glass.

Could be those restaurants are getting darker.

No, these are restaurants we've gone to for years, nothings changed
except cooks and waitstaff. G

Oh, and when the sun goes down that provided light through the windows. LOL

But, it's my eyes, not the restaurants we go to. Things that used to be
easily seen that fall under my desk, now require a flashlight to find. :-(

snip

Ever try to hold a
magnifying glass in one hand, a flashlight in the other, and still do
something with your hands??? LOL

Rather than look like a freak wearing those instant 20/20 dial-in geek
eyewear that have LEDs, you can get LOTS of magnifier lenses that have a
built in light.

This is what I take to a restaurant, when I remember to pack it:

https://www.amazon.com/MagniPros-Mag...2C188 &sr=8-6

Makes a pretty decent wide angle flashlight, too.

Of course, you could drive your point home to the
restaurant manager that you dislike the overly dark room by donning a
cap that has a 4-LED lamp clamped to its visor. Everyone will notice
you lighting up the menu.

Does the cap go on top of the tin foil, or underneath?... LOL

Places that dark are rare visits, every couple of years rare. And, I
don't wear hats indoors, tacky when out in public.

When there were more items on the menu, the menu size got larger.

I get a kick out of the TV ad where the patrons "forgot their readers"
and the water brings them menus that look like they are 2' X 3'. It an
ad for contact lenses.

snip

If you don't tell the manager there was a problem with the food or
service then they won't know.

This is true for any business.

snip

I've been in restaurants where the music was so loud that talking to
anyone at the same table was difficult.

This is a problem with small venues and live music, too.

snip

Large fuzzy text may be readable where the smaller fuzzy text isn't.

Then you acknowledge that the focus issue never got addressed.

No, just noting that the users eyes have a part here. The users eyes
may still not focus sharply on the enlarged text or item, but the user
may now be able to recognize what he/she is looking at.

I've had computer glasses for years!!! But it's not always that simple.
There are other eye issues that can enter into this, such as cataracts
and the surgery, and macular degeneration.

With a computer monitor, you can use handicap features that make
everything larger by giving you a portal to just some of the screen
content.

Are you talking about the magnifier feature, where you get a "bubble" or
similar of enlarged text? A PITA if you are trying to read the page, or
if you're trying to enter your username and password. It appears you
can't enter anything that's in the magnified area. Place the cursor
there, the magnifier goes away.

That's until you get a much larger screen but do NOT increase
the resolution (to keep the large screen with upping resolution to make
everything smaller).

*Exactly* where I go with recommendations. And what I did, when I gave
up the fight of trying to use the recommended resolution.

My Mac, both the old one I replaced with this new one, have a monitor in
the 24"-26" range. 16:10 aspect ratio. I mad sure this new monitor had
an IPS panel, and so glad I did!! I discovered that a lot of login in
fields may be filled with a light yellow, which I'd never seen before.
I'd already learned some monitors cannot display light greys and blues.

I wanted to go larger when I bought the new Mac, but 27" category seems
to be devoid of IPS paneled monitors. (I didn't spend hours looking.)
And both physical space and $$ eliminated anything larger.

I'm limited with options for experimenting with HDMI inputs, but ATM,
I'd say to not user that option. TV's also suck badly.
You can't get prescription eyewear that corrects [some of] your vision
defects while also magnifying? That is, get the prescription eyewear
but add magnification.

I suspect you can get both. Will be getting the eyes checked for new
prescriptions later this week. But for me, the magnification aspect is
fixed by going from the recommended 1920X1200 to 1600X1000. With my
macular degeneration, and current "fuzz", magnification isn't all that
helpful except for text.

The friend that told me about the glasses loves them for her use, such
as threading the needle in her sewing machine, especially the LED
lights. But she says the effect for distance viewing makes her feel sick.

So, for driving, I think I'd stay away from any magnification. "Objects
in mirror may be closer than they appear." LOL

If you need light (e.g., dark restaurant), wear a cap with an LED light.
It will be very bright and bring home the point that you're complaining
about overly dark ambience. I have a thin penlight attached to my
keychain which come in handy to flag the waiter in the dark restaurant,
as well as other users.

Hey, I should carry my LED red cat toy for that! ROFL

I do have an appointment coming up to try to fix things, but the best
I'm hoping for is to improve the situation. I'm not holding out hope
for getting back to 20/20 vision.

You could ask the waiter for the handicap-sized menu. If they don't
have one, have the waiter read the menu. Only pestering them has a
chance of changing their behavior. I've not yet had to do that, but mom
had really bad eyesight and needed a bigger menu or the waiter to read
the menu.

99.9% if the time, we don't go to those upscale restaurants. Besides,
what's the problem with asking your date to read the menu?

VangaurdLH: Magnification just makes small text look bigger, so those
help only if you're having troubles reading tiny text. That's not
what the OP expressed. You could just up the DPI setting to see
larger text.

What I've learned personally, a statement like the first sentence may
come back to burn your butt. G Mine's been singed. ROFL

I'm not an optometrist. I'm not writing a class textbook here for
training. I won't be addressing every possible scenario with simple
declarations. Saying "your car has tires" won't cover someone that uses
a hovercraft.

The one sure thing I've learned is, solving this problem is there is no
universal solution for any one user. Too many variables, especially on
the human side.


--
Ken
MacOS 10.14.6
Firefox 69.0
Thunderbird 60.8
"My brain is like lightning, a quick flash
and it's gone!"

Ken Springer wrote:

Are you talking about the magnifier feature, where you get a "bubble" or
similar of enlarged text? A PITA if you are trying to read the page, or
if you're trying to enter your username and password. It appears you
can't enter anything that's in the magnified area. Place the cursor
there, the magnifier goes away.

No, in Windows 10, I enter "magnifier" in the taskbar's searchbox to
load the Magnifier app. That magnifies the entire screen. You can also
use the hotkeys: Win+PlusKey (where the PlusKey is the one near the
Backspace key or in the Numpad) to activate or up the magnification,
Win+MinusKey reduces magnification, and Win+Esc escapes magnification
mode. You can mouse the mouse to the edges of the viewport to move it
around. There might be other shortcuts to using the viewport, but I've
only used it only so much as to test that it works. The Magnifier's
window might get in the way, but you could minimize it to the taskbar.

In effect, you get a viewport of the screen (which is now larger than
your physical monitor). You can enter text inside the viewport. I just
tested by opening the web browser, loading the Magnifier app, and
changing the URL in the address bar of the web browser. Also worked in
Notepad to add more text to a document.

This is actually an old feature that I've seen in some virtual desktop
software. I don't remember which because I haven't needed VDMs for
awhile, and don't even use the one built into Windows 10. The viewport
isn't as good as having a much larger monitor but without increased
resolution, so the size of text doesn't end up smaller and you end up
changing the DPI setting to increase text size (which will incur
problems in non-DPI aware programs). Seems most times getting a larger
monitor results in increasing the resolution. The same number of pixels
are used for a text character (and icons), the density of pixels
increases, resulting in smaller text. Seems self-defeating to get a
larger monitor with higher resolution (beyond the scaling of just the
larger physical dimensions) only to get smaller text that's harder to
read.

Yeah, TVs make horrible computer monitors. Computer monitors are
designed to present static content. TVs are designed to present moving
images. You'll notice the monitor and TV displays at stores have a feed
showing moving images. To compare the monitors, you need to get the
store to show a static image, like a desktop with a document displayed.
You can use a computer monitor as a TV (like when playing games or
viewing streamed TV content) but the other way (TV as monitor) sucks.
Like using a screwdriver as a hammer.

In article , VanguardLH
wrote:


Yeah, TVs make horrible computer monitors.

that depends on the tv, what panel it uses and its resolution.

Computer monitors are
designed to present static content. TVs are designed to present moving
images.

nonsense. computer displays are often used for gaming and watching
videos, with refresh rates up to 240 hz, which is higher than tvs.

You'll notice the monitor and TV displays at stores have a feed
showing moving images.

that's because it increases sales. people want to see movies or sports
or whatever on the tvs they might buy, not look at a boring photo that
never changes.

To compare the monitors, you need to get the
store to show a static image, like a desktop with a document displayed.
You can use a computer monitor as a TV (like when playing games or
viewing streamed TV content) but the other way (TV as monitor) sucks.
Like using a screwdriver as a hammer.

nonsense. the key difference is that a tv has a tuner and a computer
display does not.

On 9/22/19 1:18 PM, Jeff-Relf.Me@. wrote:
Zooming in/out, using Cntrl-wheel, is the best solution.
Microsoft should implement this everywhere, file Explorer, Win32 API, etc.

For a short period, yes. But not for 24/7 use, where the computer is
likely to be shut down and restarted.


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Firefox 69.0
Thunderbird 60.8
"My brain is like lightning, a quick flash
and it's gone!"

On 9/22/19 2:18 PM, Jeff-Relf.Me@. wrote:
Ken replied ( to me ):
Zooming in/out, using Cntrl-wheel, is the best solution.
Microsoft should implement this everywhere, file Explorer, Win32 API, etc.

For a short period, yes. But not for 24/7 use,
where the computer is likely to be shut down and restarted.

No, the zooming sticks. Click to unzoom.

"Zooming sticks" has me lost.


--
Ken
MacOS 10.14.6
Firefox 69.0
Thunderbird 60.8
"My brain is like lightning, a quick flash
and it's gone!"

On 9/22/19 12:58 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
Ken Springer wrote:

Are you talking about the magnifier feature, where you get a "bubble" or
similar of enlarged text? A PITA if you are trying to read the page, or
if you're trying to enter your username and password. It appears you
can't enter anything that's in the magnified area. Place the cursor
there, the magnifier goes away.

No, in Windows 10, I enter "magnifier" in the taskbar's searchbox to
load the Magnifier app. That magnifies the entire screen. You can also
use the hotkeys: Win+PlusKey (where the PlusKey is the one near the
Backspace key or in the Numpad) to activate or up the magnification,
Win+MinusKey reduces magnification, and Win+Esc escapes magnification
mode. You can mouse the mouse to the edges of the viewport to move it
around. There might be other shortcuts to using the viewport, but I've
only used it only so much as to test that it works. The Magnifier's
window might get in the way, but you could minimize it to the taskbar.

It's called an app when accessed this way, but unless it was changed for
1903, it's not an app according to MS docs.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/win...-in-windows-10

So I think this is the W10 version of the magnifier.

This is so Windows 3.x. I remember playing with things like this as a
virtual desktop, and it worked nicely, but wasn't something that turned
me on.

I'm running W10 on an old Vista system, quad core but only 2.0GHz, 4 GB
of RAM. And it's absolutely unusable. Move the mouse, wait a few
seconds, and the mouse cursor finally moves. At any magnification
larger that 100%

Why would you need something like this with a decent widescreen monitor4?

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This is actually an old feature that I've seen in some virtual desktop
software.

IIRC, in the W3.x days, the capability came with the graphics cards.

I don't remember which because I haven't needed VDMs for
awhile, and don't even use the one built into Windows 10. The viewport
isn't as good as having a much larger monitor but without increased
resolution, so the size of text doesn't end up smaller and you end up
changing the DPI setting to increase text size (which will incur
problems in non-DPI aware programs). Seems most times getting a larger
monitor results in increasing the resolution. The same number of pixels
are used for a text character (and icons), the density of pixels
increases, resulting in smaller text. Seems self-defeating to get a
larger monitor with higher resolution (beyond the scaling of just the
larger physical dimensions) only to get smaller text that's harder to
read.

Yea, getting a larger monitor gives you a higher resolution, but I've
not noticed any major change in text size and such. This applies to the
desktop monitors I have.

Laptops? The ones I've seen are all over the place when it comes to the
size of the text. I'm installing W10 on a Lenovo ThinkPad, and a normal
person would need a magnifying glass to read the default on the desktop.
However, that may change once I've set up an MS account for the owner,
and download all the drivers for the system from the MS Store.

I've been sitting here just clicking around, goofing off with various
settings, and now I have normal sized icons and text, but a hu-u-u-uge
grid. No idea how I got this grid, or how to get back to normal. LOL

snip


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Firefox 69.0
Thunderbird 60.8
"My brain is like lightning, a quick flash
and it's gone!"

On Sun, 22 Sep 2019 19:42:13 -0600, Ken Springer
wrote:

On 9/22/19 2:18 PM, Jeff-Relf.Me@. wrote:
Ken replied ( to me ):
Zooming in/out, using Cntrl-wheel, is the best solution.
Microsoft should implement this everywhere, file Explorer, Win32 API, etc.

For a short period, yes. But not for 24/7 use,
where the computer is likely to be shut down and restarted.

No, the zooming sticks. Click to unzoom.

"Zooming sticks" has me lost.

Sticks: sticky, latched, toggled

On 9/22/19 8:12 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
On Sun, 22 Sep 2019 19:42:13 -0600, Ken Springer
wrote:

On 9/22/19 2:18 PM, Jeff-Relf.Me@. wrote:
Ken replied ( to me ):
Zooming in/out, using Cntrl-wheel, is the best solution.
Microsoft should implement this everywhere, file Explorer, Win32 API, etc.

For a short period, yes. But not for 24/7 use,
where the computer is likely to be shut down and restarted.

No, the zooming sticks. Click to unzoom.

"Zooming sticks" has me lost.

Sticks: sticky, latched, toggled

Sticks, as in chicken drumsticks.
Sticks, as in banging on a drum.
Sticks, as in "living out in the sticks".

LOL


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Firefox 69.0
Thunderbird 60.8
"My brain is like lightning, a quick flash
and it's gone!"