How to fit web page text to screen width?

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Py
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How to fit web page text to screen width?

#1 Post by Py »

I have just got online with Puppy using dialup and I am impressed.

I only have a 17inch CRT screen. Can I fit website text to that screen width so that I do not have to keep scrolling back and forth sideways when reading on wide text websites? (I can do this using Win 98se and Opera).

Best wishes to all,
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#2 Post by Flash »

I think it depends on which browser you're using, for one thing. Also, just to complicate things, different web pages might have been created with different software and therefore might display differently, especially in different browsers.

The beautiful thing about standards is there are so many to choose from. :lol:
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#3 Post by Py »

Flash wrote:I think it depends on which browser you're using, for one thing. Also, just to complicate things, different web pages might have been created with different software and therefore might display differently, especially in different browsers.

The beautiful thing about standards is there are so many to choose from. :lol:
Thanks for the response Flash.

Opera for windows has a setting "Fit to window width" and after pressing that, all web text that is browsed is as if it were written for my own screen width. It would take some shifting to get me away from Opera for this facility alone.

Wondering if Opera can be used with Puppy?
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#4 Post by MU »

http://www.murga.org/~puppy/search.php
enter opera
search in "additional software" ;)
This finds:
http://www.murga.org/~puppy/viewtopic.php?p=37002#37002
By mistake I called it beta, though it is alpha.
But people reported it works good.

The forums also have instructions, how to install the newer betaversion.
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#5 Post by GuestToo »

yes, Opera runs in Puppy, and the Fit To Width function works too

i don't think Firefox has an extension like this yet

see here
This smart zoom feature needs a important rewrite of the rendering engine of Fx. This rewrite is on-going but won't be ready for Fx 2.0.
Such feature could be expected for Fx 3.0 (early 2007).
also see here and here
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#6 Post by Py »

Thanks for all the links. Looks like I have a bit of study to do :)
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