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MacBook/Firefox question

hippiemomhippiemom Posts: 3,326
edited October 2007 in Technical Stuff and Help
I just got my first Mac and I installed Firefox, which works great but the text is really tiny and I can't figure out how to permanently make it bigger. I have to use View > Text Size > Increase every time I open a page.

Does anyone know how to do this so it will permanently be a readable size?
"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." ~ MLK, 1963
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    try this:

    To set a minimum font size, go to Tools/Options (or Preferences on Mac) and select the "Content" panel. In the "Fonts & Colors" section, immediately after the default font and size selection, click the "Advanced" button. You can specify a minimum font size from the dropdown menu.
  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    Aah! Good! :)

    I was hoping cb would know mom. Because I read it and I had no clue! :o
    NOPE!!!

    *~You're IT Bert!~*

    Hold on to the thread
    The currents will shift
  • hippiemomhippiemom Posts: 3,326
    cutback wrote:
    try this:

    To set a minimum font size, go to Tools/Options (or Preferences on Mac) and select the "Content" panel. In the "Fonts & Colors" section, immediately after the default font and size selection, click the "Advanced" button. You can specify a minimum font size from the dropdown menu.
    Should I be alarmed that I have neither an Options or a Preferences listed under the Tools menu?
    "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." ~ MLK, 1963
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    hippiemom wrote:
    Should I be alarmed that I have neither an Options or a Preferences listed under the Tools menu?

    :)

    no.......on a mac, preferences is under file i believe......i copied that from another site......i didn't read it carefully.....i would have edited the grammar.....:o
  • hippiemomhippiemom Posts: 3,326
    cutback wrote:
    :)

    no.......on a mac, preferences is under file i believe......i copied that from another site......i didn't read it carefully.....i would have edited the grammar.....:o
    Ok, I found Firefox Preferences and changed the font size, then I opened the Pit in a new tab ...... itty bitty font size :(
    "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." ~ MLK, 1963
  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    hippiemom wrote:
    Ok, I found Firefox Preferences and changed the font size, then I opened the Pit in a new tab ...... itty bitty font size :(

    Sorry mom, but I have to ask.....you didn't open up the pit on Brain of C's birthday thread did you? ;):D
    NOPE!!!

    *~You're IT Bert!~*

    Hold on to the thread
    The currents will shift
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    hippiemom wrote:
    Ok, I found Firefox Preferences and changed the font size, then I opened the Pit in a new tab ...... itty bitty font size :(

    try restarting firefox
  • hippiemomhippiemom Posts: 3,326
    Interesting .... I figured it out ... worked on the New York Times ... worked on G-mail .... the Pit is still itty-bitty. I give up.
    "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." ~ MLK, 1963
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    hippiemom wrote:
    Interesting .... I figured it out ... worked on the New York Times ... worked on G-mail .... the Pit is still itty-bitty. I give up.

    :(

    try logging out of the pit and log back in.....:confused::o
  • wedgewedge Posts: 81
    There should be no real difference between the display sizes of Firefox and Safari. If there is then you may want to download and reinstall firefox again.

    An "on the go" aid is to press "Apple" and then "+"

    You can zoom in and out of the page that way and on the fly...
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    wedge wrote:
    An "on the go" aid is to press "Apple" and then "+"

    You can zoom in and out of the page that way and on the fly...

    i was going to suggest this also... :)

    i'll look into default font sizes for ye hippiemom.. but for quickness just do the APPLE key (hold it down) and press the + or - to suit your eyes.
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • gue_bariumgue_barium Posts: 5,515
    Any luck? I did a search and found this dialogue on the matter:

    http://ask.metafilter.com/58018/Firefox-Mac-Help
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