Why does the text resolution in my Firefox application look worse than in Internet Explorer? It's not as crisp.
My screen resolution is at 1280 x 800 -- any larger and I get a massive desktop that requires me to scroll around to see it all.
Why does the text resolution in my Firefox application look worse than in Internet Explorer? It's not as crisp.
My screen resolution is at 1280 x 800 -- any larger and I get a massive desktop that requires me to scroll around to see it all.
Under tools, options, content tab, fonts & colors advanced button, check the box that allows the page to choose their own fonts. I can't tell any difference between the pages in IE or firefox.
You can also zoom in or out on only the text at any resolution. Also play with the page size (I have mine set on Wide)
View - Page style View - Zoom
"apple" key and "plus" or "minus" on a mac to change font size in firefox.
I'm betting you're running into Windows crappy, inconsistent font anti-aliasing.
In a nutshell, modern OSs have ways of smoothing out font so they don't look jaggedy, like they did back in the IE6/Windows 98 days. Mac users have had this since the dawn of time system-wide.
Anyways, as of IE7 and XP, Microsoft introduced "ClearType", their take at decent-looking fonts. But from what I can tell from a quick google (see: http://www.wittysparks.com/2008/07/19/smooth-or-anti-alias-font-in-windows-firefox-ie/) IE7 uses ClearType be default, but for other programs it must be explicity turned on.
So follow the directions to turn ClearType on and have much better looking fonts system-wide*
ctrl key and the + - keys to change text size
Tim Baxter wrote: I'm betting you're running into Windows crappy, inconsistent font anti-aliasing. In a nutshell, modern OSs have ways of smoothing out font so they don't look jaggedy, like they did back in the IE6/Windows 98 days. Mac users have had this since the dawn of time system-wide. Anyways, as of IE7 and XP, Microsoft introduced "ClearType", their take at decent-looking fonts. But from what I can tell from a quick google (see: http://www.wittysparks.com/2008/07/19/smooth-or-anti-alias-font-in-windows-firefox-ie/) IE7 uses ClearType be default, but for other programs it must be explicity turned on. So follow the directions to turn ClearType on and have much better looking fonts system-wide* * Note, on some very old CRT monitors, ClearType may make text blurry. If you've got a 1280x800 monitor, this shouldn't be a problem.
Bing, bing, bing -- we have a winner! I can't believe the difference. Thanks Tim -- the customer service and support from the GRM staff continues to go above and beyond.
Rob
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