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Thufir

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Nov 9, 2012, 7:04:12 PM11/9/12
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I can't seem to find the add-on for font size which I used to have. It would put a +/- on the address bar so that clicking either would change the font size accordingly.

I found many font size changers, but not that one. Which one is like that?

It just added two buttons, I don't need a whole raft of buttons and features.


thanks,

Thufir

Rob

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Nov 10, 2012, 5:17:31 AM11/10/12
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I wouldn't worry about an add-on. Simply use Ctrl and + keys or Ctrl and -
keys. This increase or decrease the font soize displayed in the browser.

Rob.

Ron Hunter

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Nov 10, 2012, 8:35:49 AM11/10/12
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The cntrl-+ and cntrl- - makes both text and graphics larger, or
smaller. To reset to normal, use cntrl-0.

WaltS

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Nov 10, 2012, 8:44:14 AM11/10/12
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Zoom controls are in the Customize window, just drag and drop wherever
you like.

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Dave Pyles

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Nov 10, 2012, 9:22:18 AM11/10/12
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You can do that pretty easily without an extension. Under View>Zoom
select "Zoom text only" which will stick between sessions. Then use
Ctrl+ (that's ctrl plus the plus key) to make the text bigger and Ctrl-
(that's ctrl plus the minus key) to make the text smaller and Ctrl0
(that's ctrl plus the zero key) to reset the zoom.

I don't know of an extension to add the icons you're looking for, but
there may be one.

Dave Pyles

Jay Garcia

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Nov 10, 2012, 9:28:43 AM11/10/12
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On 10.11.2012 08:22, Dave Pyles wrote:
I use cntrl + mouse-wheel exclusively, nice and quick and handy.

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Peter

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Nov 10, 2012, 10:26:25 AM11/10/12
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On 11/9/2012 7:04 PM, Thufir wrote:
Give NoSquint a look. I've used it for more than a year. The add-on
remembers your settings on a site-by-site basis and puts a little box at
the far right side of the status bar in FF that shows you the current
page's setting and lets you make adjustments either by clicking on the
box or by rotating the mouse wheel if you've activated that option for
this add-on.

Ed Mullen

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Nov 10, 2012, 10:49:44 AM11/10/12
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Not if, like me, browser.zoom.full is set to false. ;-)

> To reset to normal, use cntrl-0.
>


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Ron Hunter

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Nov 10, 2012, 8:55:09 PM11/10/12
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No extension needed, there are icons in the customize dialog. I used to
have them in my toolbar, but used them so seldom (cntrl-, and cntrl+ are
so easy) that I took them out to uncrowd the toolbar.

Ron Hunter

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Nov 10, 2012, 8:57:04 PM11/10/12
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Just to clarify, browser.zoom.full defaults to 'true'.

Thufir

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Nov 11, 2012, 4:05:13 AM11/11/12
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On Saturday, 10 November 2012 05:44:14 UTC-8, WaltS wrote:
[..]
> Zoom controls are in the Customize window, just drag and drop wherever
>
> you like.
[..]

Doh!

Those are the zoom controls I was looking for. Sometimes I prefer to use just the mouse. Cntrl +/- aren't always the most convenient for me.


thanks,

Thufir

John Thompson

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Nov 11, 2012, 9:06:03 PM11/11/12
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On 2012-11-10, Rob <dislexi...@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote:

> I wouldn't worry about an add-on. Simply use Ctrl and + keys or Ctrl and -
> keys. This increase or decrease the font soize displayed in the browser.

While this works, I like the "NoSquint" add-on, which remembers my
font size settings on a per-site basis.

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