Posted on 08/05/2024 2:43:05 PM PDT by MAAG
Need help, I like using duck duck go, was good for more than a half a year. Then got small and can't change it back. As it is now it unreasonable.
It was on therefor awhile, and worked awhile!
I will probable try that agin, Thanks.
Yes. You put two fingers on the screen and move them apart and the text will expand. Move them closer together, and the text will get smaller. When you remove your fingers, the page will regenerate in the altered text size, and you won't have to scroll horizontally to read a complete line. This works great for text-intensive sites like FR.
My Android is working as always. It’s fine.
Btw, have you tried using glasses?
“I think the correct word is “embiggen.”
Biggen
Big´gen
v. t. & i. 1. To make or become big; to enlarge.
[Yes. You put two fingers on the screen and move them apart and the text will expand. Move them closer together, and the text will get smaller. When you remove your fingers, the page will regenerate in the altered text size, and you won’t have to scroll horizontally to read a complete line. This works great for text-intensive sites like FR.]
Had that problem with mine at one point. Had to go into settings and change the font size. At some point an update switched it back to normal. Try searching chrome font size settings.
Thank You!
You also don’t get ads in YouTube.
My pc comes in as small font too . . . changing font size doesn’t “stay”
That’s what I would think
I had to read FR on landscape mode for a while. I have no idea how I fixed it.
Opera browser is by far the best for reading FR. (And other heavy text sites as well)
It has auto reflow and you can increase or decrease font size anytime with just a pinch of the screen or a double tab and drag, and it auto reflows so you don’t ever have to scroll sideways.
Once you try it, you’ll never go back.
“Opera.”
Yep! - nothing better!
Putting it all together: It appears the site hasn’t been updated recently for mobile responsiveness or lacks the meta tags and CSS necessary for mobile browsers to render it correctly on newer Android phones. A change in a browser (or Android version) may have exposed this long-dormant issue, making the font tiny for many Android users. Meanwhile, desktop/laptop users may not notice it because their browser treats the layout differently.
If you like, I can check exactly what the HTML/CSS of Free Republic currently uses (viewport tag, responsive CSS) and send you a specific diagnosis for your Android browser (Chrome, Firefox, version).
I inspected the page source and did not find a meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" tag (or similar) in the head.
Without that viewport meta tag, the browser on mobile devices will render the page using a default “desktop width” virtual viewport (often ~980px) then scale it down to fit the device screen. This results in fonts and layout elements appearing very small.
The general CSS/markup of the page appears to be based on a fixed-width or legacy desktop layout (rather than responsive/mobile-first) which exacerbates the issue when viewed on a small screen.
It sounds like it's something FR needs to clean up.
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