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To: CaptainPhilFan

When I turn my phone to horizontal instead of vertical, the FR forum posts are larger and easier to read. Plus can enlarge further by expanding the view with two fingertips.


2 posted on 09/03/2026 11:52:05 AM PDT by NEMDF
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To: NEMDF

“When I turn my phone to horizontal instead of vertical...”
That’s what I do.


4 posted on 09/03/2026 11:56:14 AM PDT by READINABLUESTATE
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To: NEMDF

Yeah. That is kind of how I handle it. This is something phones are not great at, but many of us try to do it anyway.


13 posted on 09/03/2026 12:05:01 PM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est)
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To: NEMDF

If I need to look at FR after I’ve gone to bed, I log in on the phone and leave it upright while I’m lying down sideways...

Unfortunately, at 93, I tend to fall asleep if I lie down for more than 10 seconds, so I don’t know if I was able to read anything ...


28 posted on 09/03/2026 1:12:15 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is rabble-rising Sam Adams now that we need him? Is his name Trump, now?)
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To: NEMDF

Depending on your phone, I guess. I get about 3 lines of text on mine. Pinching it larger does not help, only causes more scrolling.

Thanks, but no cigar.


40 posted on 09/03/2026 2:46:18 PM PDT by CaptainPhilFan (God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do things which are improper and repulsive, Rom 1:28)
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To: NEMDF; CaptainPhilFan

Yeah, it is hard on a phone. Have to turn it vertically and pinch and zoom.... and sometimes push the page left and right. I only do that when I am truly bored and don’t want to go to the desktop in my office.

Not suggesting you spend a bunch of money and it’s certainly not pocket friendly but there are tablets - android and iOS - that you can use as phone and internet. At least with a tablet you can get a 1998 sized computer screen, only flatter. But not as easily mobile as a standard sized phone.


48 posted on 09/03/2026 3:08:49 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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