If, like me, you find 1024 * 768 resolution produces text
that is so small you need a magnifying glass to read it, you might have had
get round it by lowering your screen resolution to 800 * 600, even on a
19" monitor. However, many web designers see fit to make their
web pages 1024 pixels wide and then have the temerity to disable the
horizontal scrollbar! This means you can't see the right hand side of
the page when in 800 * 600 resolution.
No longer a problem: click here to
launch my utility, which will give you back your horizontal
scrollbar.
You just enter the pesky URL into the box, and a part of the page will be
displayed at your chosen screen resolution,
from which you can move to other parts using both scrollbars.
It effectively turns your browser into a magnifier that you can move around
within a web page.
- Since it is a PHP file, you can pass a favourite URL to it as an
argument; eg. to display
- http://www.pagetoowide.com automatically
using the utility,
- include the following URL as a bookmark / favourite:
- http://www.stevegs.com/1024wide.php?url=http://www.pagetoowide.com
You can also use this to see how a page would look in 1024-wide mode
without changing your screen resolution - I do this to see how my other
web pages would appear to users of 1024 * 768. Of course,
this will only show how a layout might have changed - not how
pathetically small the text would become!
Limitations and additional features: