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Self | 07/04/2021 | Shotgun

Posted on 07/04/2021 9:34:46 AM PDT by shotgun

My Samsung 8S+ won't display FR properly. A few days ago it shrunk the screen so that everything is super small with long text strings.

I can access anything but it is a pain in the butt because the more I zoom up the further out I have to pan back and forth to read it.

And yes I am logged on 🤪

Thanks


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: samsung

1 posted on 07/04/2021 9:34:46 AM PDT by shotgun
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To: shotgun

Same here.

I’ve upped my text size to 200% and enlarged from there ...


2 posted on 07/04/2021 9:36:11 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Critical Race Theory: black behavior is so bad it must be whitey's fault.)
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To: shotgun

which browser do you use?


3 posted on 07/04/2021 9:38:31 AM PDT by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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To: Uncle Miltie

click on the icon that looks like the usa flag at top, just under the time.


4 posted on 07/04/2021 9:39:04 AM PDT by Java4Jay (The evils of government are directly proportional to the tolerance of the people. )
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To: Repeal The 17th

Google


5 posted on 07/04/2021 9:39:54 AM PDT by shotgun
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To: shotgun

what is the browser app you use on the Samsung 8 S +?

I suspect the issue is in the browser & browser setttings, & or settings in the machine, more than in the machine naturally.

I find it not unusual to find settings in my android phone changed - mysteriously - when I know I did not change them.


6 posted on 07/04/2021 9:40:55 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: shotgun

The solution is a simple one; donate to any and all FReep-a-Thons! Your problem will magically disappear! ;)


7 posted on 07/04/2021 9:44:58 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: shotgun

Stop writing those mean things about the NSA.


8 posted on 07/04/2021 9:50:02 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: shotgun

Use a laptop or tablet. This site is not very mobile friendly.


9 posted on 07/04/2021 9:50:17 AM PDT by Pollard
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To: shotgun

10 posted on 07/04/2021 9:52:57 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Wuli

“I find it not unusual to find settings in my android phone changed - mysteriously - when I know I did not change them.”

Haven’t you read all of the other posts on FR about cell phones?

IT’S THE NSA SPYING ON YOU! /s ;-)


11 posted on 07/04/2021 10:02:45 AM PDT by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Peanut Butter doesn't offset shootings, killings, drugs, riots, and lootings and burnings by BLM.)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Double tap on the screen and it should lose the columns on the right. But it will try to go back to default, so double tap again when it does.


12 posted on 07/04/2021 10:34:09 AM PDT by silent majority rising
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To: shotgun

Mine stopped wrapping. Goofle. Hard to read. Just went to duck duck go and it’s wrapping now.


13 posted on 07/04/2021 10:40:06 AM PDT by Donnafrflorida (Thru Him all things are possible.)
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To: Pollard; shotgun
> Use a laptop or tablet. This site is not very mobile friendly.

Depends on your definition of "mobile friendly".

Granted, you can display a lot more of the article and comments on a tablet or real computer, no argument. But I find I can read and enjoy FR threads just fine on my little iPhone SE -- the smallest form factor Apple makes, it's like 4.5" diagonal. It's rare that a thread has a huge long URL or oversized image that screws it up -- and those are the posters' fault, not the site's fault.

The so-called "mobile-friendly" forums and social media are horrible to read on a small mobile phone. They cram way too much crap onto the screen, never mind the ads and notifications and pop-ups and other noisy BS.

The last thing FR needs is to lose the simplicity of the current ad-free, quiet format.

If that's "not very mobile friendly", well, I'll take it. :-)

14 posted on 07/04/2021 10:47:21 AM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: shotgun

Just for giggles, try Microsoft Edge and see if it does the same thing.


15 posted on 07/04/2021 11:24:50 AM PDT by Cosmo105
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To: dayglored

“The last thing FR needs is to lose the simplicity of the current ad-free, quiet format.”

Amen!


16 posted on 07/04/2021 11:28:20 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Faith, not fear. Faith, not faintheartedness.)
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To: MayflowerMadam; dayglored; jimrob

Double AMEN!!


17 posted on 07/04/2021 12:07:01 PM PDT by upchuck (I am not afraid of the Chinese Virus or variants. I AM afraid of the unproven "vaccines.")
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To: shotgun

Using a phone instead of a computer??????


18 posted on 07/04/2021 1:03:09 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Corrupt Slow Joe Biden is the Bolshevik sock puppet.)
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To: shotgun

Did someone at FreeRepublic forget to add the Media Queries
to the code?
https://www.w3schools.com/css/css3_mediaqueries_ex.asp

Or on your for the Samsung Galaxy S8 to Clear cache / cookies / history
https://www.t-mobile.com/support/devices/android/samsung-galaxy-s8/browser-samsung-galaxy-s8


19 posted on 07/04/2021 2:33:24 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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