Safari, unusable

MacShane · Sep 26, 2013

Cool! Glad I could finally help someone, instead of being helped all the time. Oh, and uh...double tap again to zoom back out. You probably already figured that one out by now, tho...

dtravis7 · Sep 26, 2013

If you have a trackpad MacShanes suggestion is GREAT. I found that a while back but forgot as I don't always use my trackpad for everything I do.

Also I am quite sure the Magic Mouse can be set to do the double tap like that. Just did it not long ago.

MacShane · Sep 26, 2013

dtravis7 said:
If you have a trackpad MacShanes suggestion is GREAT. I found that a while back but forgot as I don't always use my trackpad for everything I do.

Also I am quite sure the Magic Mouse can be set to do the double tap like that. Just did it not long ago.

Yep. The mouse does it, too. I actually replaced my iMac mouse with a trackpad not too long ago because it can do so much more, and because of space limitations. For some jobs, tho, the mouse is better...

vansmith · Sep 27, 2013

chscag said:
@dotdotdot

Safari is a stubborn browser in that it won't hold or remember large font sizes without overlapping or zooming (as recommended).

However, there is one more method of getting Safari to behave and show the large font sizes you want. And that is to create a *.css file and place it in your home folder. A css file is a "style sheet" that Safari will use. Follow along:

Create the style sheet with textedit: Here's mine which I named "defaultzoom.css"

body {
zoom: 145%;
}

(You can use any value for zoom that you're comfortable with.) Place the newly created style sheet file in your home folder.

Now, open Safari. Click on Preferences. Go to the Advanced tab. In the Style Sheet box put the name of your new Style Sheet you created. The next time you open Safari, it will zoom to the value you named.

Let me know if that works for you.

I love that you provided a CSS based solution to this problem!

One caveat about chscag's CSS solution - it will only work on pages that wrap everything in body tags. Now, 99.5% of pages will do this because it's quite possibly the most basic element of a well designed (even poorly designed) page. However, it is entirely possible to write a page without body tags so there may be the very rare page in which this CSS won't work (1 in a 1000...maybe). Just a heads up.

pigoo3 · Sep 27, 2013

vansmith said:
One caveat about chscag's CSS solution - it will only work on pages that wrap everything in body tags. Now, 99.5% of pages will do this because it's quite possibly the most basic element of a well designed (even poorly designed) page. However, it is entirely possible to write a page without body tags so there may be the very rare page in which this CSS won't work (1 in a 1000...maybe). Just a heads up.

Anything that's 99.5% or 1 in a 1000...I'll bet on every time!

- Nick

dotdotdot · Oct 22, 2014

*double post*

howieho · Oct 22, 2014

Can't you just lower the output resolution so that everything just scales larger on the screen?

dotdotdot · Oct 22, 2014

Yes, I just did that at your suggestion, but looks like things aren't as crisp and when I jump back to Chrome now it's too large, but I'll mess around with it to reach a happy compromise. Thanks.

dotdotdot · Oct 22, 2014

chscag said:
Now, open Safari. Click on Preferences. Go to the Advanced tab. In the Style Sheet box put the name of your new Style Sheet you created. The next time you open Safari, it will zoom to the value you named.

Let me know if that works for you.

I made a style sheet but can't type in the name. My style sheet is on the Desktop.

dotdotdot · Dec 17, 2014

I discovered this, so much more simple!

ZoomBySite | cerimorgan.com

bobtomay · Dec 17, 2014

Nice find...

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