Font and Zoom levels

[Stephen F]

v4.8.8 Pro
Samsung Galaxy Tab S3

Behaviour confirmation:
First can you confirm that:

1. When setting your default font, then that is actually the "minimum" font size you are setting, and that subsequently "Zooming in" increases the font size up to 7 times, and zooming out zooms out no further than your default size - this is the behaviour I observe if I set default size to Huge i.e. I cannot "Zoom Out" any further than huge.

2. If you Zoom In (e.g. by 1 level) on a feed, then the zoom level is remembered for that feed until the Default font size is set to something else.


Possible Bug:
I have moved from a HTC Desire to Samsung S3. The first thing I noticed was that the default font size appeared very small onscreen even though I was using the default setting of "Normal". i.e. it was much smaller than what "Normal" looked like on the Desire.

When I Zoomed-Out on the small text, it actually Zoomed-In by 1 level i.e. it seemed to "catch up" with the default setting. From that point on I could not Zoom-out any further. I could Zoom in up to 7 times and zoom back to the default size.

Font Behaviour Request:
My Preferred font size on the S3 is "Normal" + 1x Zoom-In level. This gives me a font size somewhere between Normal and Large. However to achieve this I need to do this on every feed. And then if I make a change to the Default size, they are all reset again.

Preferred Behaviour: I would like to set the default font size to an explicit number e.g. "12" and that the Zoom-In function increases the size by 1 pt for each level, and Zoom-Out decreases by 1 pt for each level until it reaches are lower boundary e.g. "2 pts".

Let me know if you want the request added to UserVoice

Cheers,
Stephen

[Mariano Kamp]

Stephen,

I am mostly answering from the top of my head. I hope this is correct. I checked some things in my code, but can't do it for everything.

On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 4:36 AM, Stephen F <ste...@bluebox.com.au> wrote:

v4.8.8 Pro
Samsung Galaxy Tab S3

Behaviour confirmation:
First can you confirm that:

1. When setting your default font, then that is actually the "minimum" font size you are setting, and that subsequently "Zooming in" increases the font size up to 7 times, and zooming out zooms out no further than your default size - this is the behaviour I observe if I set default size to Huge i.e. I cannot "Zoom Out" any further than huge.

Yes, to the first part. The default is one of those:

 <item>SMALLEST</item>

    <item>SMALLER</item>

    <item>NORMAL</item>

    <item>LARGER</item>

    <item>LARGEST</item>

However zooming in is then delegated to WebView.zoomIn() and this implementation delimits the zoom factor.

With SDK 14 Google redid the whole thing. You can then specify the text size on a point basis.

 

2. If you Zoom In (e.g. by 1 level) on a feed, then the zoom level is remembered for that feed until the Default font size is set to something else.

It is remembered for that feed and view (web/feed). But only when you use the soft "+" from the hovering zoom or the zoom in from the options menu when you disabled the hovering zoom controls, not from pinch/zoom, which only acts on the current article.

 

Possible Bug:
I have moved from a HTC Desire to Samsung S3. The first thing I noticed was that the default font size appeared very small onscreen even though I was using the default setting of "Normal". i.e. it was much smaller than what "Normal" looked like on the Desire.

Did you use your old NewsRob config file?

 

When I Zoomed-Out on the small text, it actually Zoomed-In by 1 level i.e. it seemed to "catch up" with the default setting. From that point on I could not Zoom-out any further. I could Zoom in up to 7 times and zoom back to the default size.

Font Behaviour Request:
My Preferred font size on the S3 is "Normal" + 1x Zoom-In level. This gives me a font size somewhere between Normal and Large. However to achieve this I need to do this on every feed. And then if I make a change to the Default size, they are all reset again.

Preferred Behaviour: I would like to set the default font size to an explicit number e.g. "12" and that the Zoom-In function increases the size by 1 pt for each level, and Zoom-Out decreases by 1 pt for each level until it reaches are lower boundary e.g. "2 pts".

Let me know if you want the request added to UserVoice

Please do. Will think about it for the ICS release.

[Stephen F]

Hi Mariano,

On Tuesday, October 2, 2012 1:27:19 AM UTC+10, Mariano Kamp wrote:

Stephen,

I am mostly answering from the top of my head. I hope this is correct. I checked some things in my code, but can't do it for everything.

On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 4:36 AM, Stephen F <ste...@bluebox.com.au> wrote:

v4.8.8 Pro
Samsung Galaxy Tab S3

Behaviour confirmation:
First can you confirm that:

1. When setting your default font, then that is actually the "minimum" font size you are setting, and that subsequently "Zooming in" increases the font size up to 7 times, and zooming out zooms out no further than your default size - this is the behaviour I observe if I set default size to Huge i.e. I cannot "Zoom Out" any further than huge.

Yes, to the first part. The default is one of those:

 <item>SMALLEST</item>

    <item>SMALLER</item>

    <item>NORMAL</item>

    <item>LARGER</item>

    <item>LARGEST</item>

However zooming in is then delegated to WebView.zoomIn() and this implementation delimits the zoom factor.

With SDK 14 Google redid the whole thing. You can then specify the text size on a point basis.

Ok great, that explains it.
 

 

2. If you Zoom In (e.g. by 1 level) on a feed, then the zoom level is remembered for that feed until the Default font size is set to something else.

It is remembered for that feed and view (web/feed). But only when you use the soft "+" from the hovering zoom or the zoom in from the options menu when you disabled the hovering zoom controls, not from pinch/zoom, which only acts on the current article.

 

Possible Bug:
I have moved from a HTC Desire to Samsung S3. The first thing I noticed was that the default font size appeared very small onscreen even though I was using the default setting of "Normal". i.e. it was much smaller than what "Normal" looked like on the Desire.

Did you use your old NewsRob config file?

No, I did a fresh install. Also I still seem the behaviour happening on new feeds. It's not a big deal, especially if you end up changing things for ICS.

 

When I Zoomed-Out on the small text, it actually Zoomed-In by 1 level i.e. it seemed to "catch up" with the default setting. From that point on I could not Zoom-out any further. I could Zoom in up to 7 times and zoom back to the default size.

Font Behaviour Request:

 

l. This gives me a font size somewhere between Normal and Large. However to achieve this I need to do this on every feed. And then if I make a change to the Default size, they are all reset again.

Preferred Behaviour: I would like to set the default font size to an explicit number e.g. "12" and that the Zoom-In function increases the size by 1 pt for each level, and Zoom-Out decreases by 1 pt for each level until it reaches are lower boundary e.g. "2 pts".

Let me know if you want the request added to UserVoice

Please do. Will think about it for the ICS release.

Great! Thanks for keeping on with it.

Now keep doing your wedding notes.

Cheers,
Stephen
 

[Stephen F]

Looks like someone is ahead of me.

I have increased the vote count at:
http://newsrob.uservoice.com/forums/35624-general/suggestions/1945759-configure-font-size-on-article-list

Cheers.