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RandomPrecision
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3/06
Posted - Jul 7 2008 : 5:04PM
For some reason, when I surf with Firefox, sometimes I'll land on pages that are just a mess. In other words, the text is all jumbled. Some words will be on top of other words. Some links can't be clicked because they're on top of other links. I would post a screen shot but unfortunately, this problem is pretty random and I don't really remember any wen pages where it happens. But here is a screen shot I just took. The problem is similar to the effect you see if you look at the "Upcoming Releases" link in this shot. Is it like that for everyone or is there something screwy about my settings ot something?
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Zoid
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5/04
Posted - Jul 7 2008 : 5:14PM
It's looking fine here. It seems as if your text has been increased. Try pressing Ctrl+0 (zero) to set it to default.
Drew Black
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9/99
Posted - Jul 7 2008 : 5:18PM
You've done something to override our style settings. The font sizes in the menu are supposed to be much smaller than that.
The left column does resize properly in FF3 when I hold down the ctrl key and rotate the mouse scroll wheel. I'm not sure how that's happening on your system.
Which version of Firefox are you using?
The left navigation menu is the last piece of HTML that gets rendered in a page.
RandomPrecision
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8175 Posts
3/06
Posted - Jul 7 2008 : 5:31PM
I'm using FF3. This problem has been present in all the versions of FF I've used since I bought my 19" widescreen LCD. I can't remember if I changed any settings when I first got it or not but I do remember the text on most web sites was way too small. I'm just about blind and have to resize the text on most web pages.
Every now and then, if I hold Ctrl and use the scroll wheel, I can get the text to fit like it's supposed to. But usually, it simply scales it down but it remains jumbled. I will look in my FF settings and see if there's any suspicious settings.
Drew Black
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8009 Posts
9/99
Posted - Jul 7 2008 : 5:33PM
It could be a windows setting too if you've configured your system to use large fonts.
 
RandomPrecision
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3/06
Posted - Jul 7 2008 : 5:40PM
OK. I think I might have figured it it. I had a minimum text size of 15 set in my FF menu. Now that I've changed it to "none" the "upcoming releases" link now fits like it's supposed to. It remains to be seen if that will fix all the problems on other pages but I think it's likely that it will. I'm pretty sure I haven't changed that setting in ages. I don't know why I never thought of that. I think I just thought it was a bug in some pages or something.
RandomPrecision
Senior Member

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8175 Posts
3/06
Posted - Jul 7 2008 : 5:53PM
Well, I had a setting changed in Windows too. It seems at some point, I went into the "ease of access" menu and changed the DPI to 120 or something instead of the default. Trouble is, now, I can barely see some of my icons and context menus.



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