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Re:Just because I have a vertical screen doesn’t mean I’m on... by matsemann on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @10:10AM (#26001797)
That's how zooming (ctrl+scroll) in the browser used to work: It increased font sizes. It has been abandoned because it just wreaks havoc on the layout and is impossible to handle properly.
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Re:Just because I have a vertical screen doesn’t mean I’m on... by oneeyedpigeon on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @10:31AM (#26002088)
It was so standard, it wasn't even called "zooming", because it wasn't. It was called "increase text size". It worked well for most reasonable sites, certainly a lot better than an actual zoom typically does.
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Re:Just because I have a vertical screen doesn’t mean I’m on... by falcolas on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @10:51AM (#26002383)
It's still an option in Firefox. In the general preferences, a checkbox titled "Zoom text only".
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