'Wide' screens !

[Bob]

No - I'm not suggesting home cinema!

Occasionally I find text in a thread which is spread out 'wider' than my screen. I therefore have to use the arrow keys to read it all - which is a bit time-consuming and disjointed!

Does anyone else experience this - and how do I bring it back into a more convenient formay to read?!

Thanks

Bob :-D

 

[Bob]

Sorry - spelling mistake! 'formay' should be 'format'!

Bob :-D

 

[Tony]

Hi Bob, I know what you mean although I have no idea why it happens as it seems really random. Sorry mate but until we upgrade the site it will stay the same. Hopefully though the upgrade will sort it out. It should be in the next month.

 

[sargey]

som of it may be due to large pics in the thread.

cheers, and.

 

[bushwacker bob]

I have the same problem on occasions and find if i maximise the window it solves it, until the next time

 

[RAPPLEBY2000]

if it really bothers you try thisit can all be changed back)

reduce or minimise the "favourites bar(to the left of your screen)"

next go to "view" (on your toolbar), then "text size", and coose a smaller size text.

hopefully the result should be more text (but smaller) on your screen and a wider space for it to fit in! :-D

oh your own messege was wider than my screen!

 

[giancarlo]

yep, you're right, it's usually to do with large width images, or quotes inside quotes etc.
Basically, anything that won't word wrap in the text area.
Images onviously can't break into another line, and quote always have a set pixel indent width.
It's not a problem of the forum really.

You could always try increasing your screen resolution, that would give you more screen area and you would have more width to play with.
i run at 1152 x 864 and rarely come across a thread that does this.

To change your resolution:
Google search results (check this lot first, probablly one in more detail there)

or (quick version, in XP this is, same on 98 etc though)

Right click on the windows background
"properties"

"settings" tab

Move the slider up around 1024 or higher (you'll have to play with this to see what resolution your monitor supports)

then "ok"

becareful when you select a higher resolution than your monitor can take, you monitor will cut out and go black... if so, then just leave it for 15 seconds and it should return back to you previous setting.

Also, if you set you new resolution and you find the new mode a bit "flickery", it's because the new monitor refresh rate has been lowered (usually down to 60hz)
go back into the same area, but then into the "advanced" area, then change the "refresh rate" to as high as your monitor can take.
Same black out will occur if you set this too hgih... just wait 15 secs and it should return.

If you royally screw that up and it gets set to a mode where your monitor is black all the time. then reboot and enter wndows in "safe mode"
Press F8 at start up, just before the widows logo.
get back in there and reset it.

hope that helps someone.
Cheers
Carlo

 

[Adi007]

It's not a flaw with the message board but just the way HTML works. Without adding script to the board (or doing a lot of back and forth server work) the page and browser can't communicate the width of the browser.

Add tot hat all the flavors of OS and browser this forum has to accomadate and it's a real wonder it works as well as it does! :-D

Power to the Web Developers!!!! :-D :-D :-D

 

[Bob]

Thanks for the tips - I'll try a couple and see what happens

Bob :-D