Sorry Shred444 - if your resolution is 1920 x 1200 and a web page is designed to be 600-800 pixels wide then there is nothing you can do to enlarge the web page other than decreasing your screen resolution. Standard desktops are commonly at a resolution of 1024 x 768 and that is why most of the web pages fill 80-90% of the screen. It's very straightforward mathematics and a pixel is a pixel.
ive been reading the previous posts, but none really seem to answer this question:
what can i do about websites being very small in IE. Im comparing my 8500 to a standard compaq desktop and the websites fill 90 percent of the screen. The same websites on the 8500 do not even fill the left half of the screen. I understand how html is written (table percent vs pixels) but there has to be a way to enlarge the site without distortion.
hmm, but if i were to change my resolution to somewhere around 1024 x 768, what would be the side effects? Would everything be blurry....too big?...to small?
I have a 8500 WUXGA 15.4 wide screen and am trying to fix the 'fuzzy images in IE' problem we all seem to have experienced. I've spent 5 hours with tech support which finally resulted in a temp fix (changed something in RegEdit that eliminated the fuzzy images in IE when the dpi setting is set to 96). I was told that I was not able to use the 120 dpi setting. Then I found this forum.
I see that you have a 15.4 wide screen - set at 1920x1200 at 120 dpi (per your 07.19.2003 message). Also, I read your message posted on 05.24.2003 about changing the registry setting HKEY_CURRENT_USER/SOFTWARE/MICROSOFT/INTERNET EXPLORER/MAIN/USEHR
Seems like this is what I should do to be able to view images in IE at 120 dpi. However, take me out of photoshop, quark or freehand and I'm quite computer illiterate. Can you please explain how I go about making these changes?
I figured it out. I was able (with a little help from my computer scientist friend) to set the UseHR values like you described on 05.24.03. Everything works like a charm now. I'm thrilled!
I'd would like to help you, but I'm not probably not the right person for the task. I know how frustrating it is - but keep going - i'm sure there's a fix for you. Do you have the 15.4 widescreen? If so - take a look at the message from TSTARR posted on 05.24.03. That did the trick for me.
joys_R_us (and anyone else), it's been posted before, but here it is again.
Go to Start > Run > type REGEDIT and click OK. Once in the Registry Editor, click the + signs to navigate to the following key (folder):
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Internet Explorer \ Main
Click on the "Main" key (folder) in the left pane to highlight it. In the right pane, you'll see the contents. Look near the bottom for a value named "UseHR". If it doesn't exist, you'll have to create it. To do this, right-click on a blank area of the right pane and choose New > DWORD Value. Name it "UseHR" (without the quotes). If you just created it, it will automatically have a value of 0 (zero), which is what you want. If it already exists, and has a value of 1 (one), double-click it to edit it (or right-click > Modify), and change the value to 0 (zero). Click OK and close the Registry Editor.
Open a new browser window and you should see the difference. If not, try rebooting your computer and then try it.
shred444 said:
hmm, but if i were to change my resolution to somewhere around 1024 x 768, what would be the side effects? Would everything be blurry....too big?...to small?
If you change your resolution, first I recommend staying at a wide screen resolution with a 16x10 aspect ratio (not 1024x768, but there might be a ~1200x800). The side affects of lowering your resolution like this is that 1) you will lose a lot of space on your desktop because everything will appear bigger and 2) everything will get a little blurry. LCD's are designed to only run their native resolutions optimally. In any other resolution, the text and graphics will have to be stretched with the side affect that they look blurry. Basically, even under a lower resoltion (such as 1024x768) your 1600x1280 resolution LCD is still going to have 1600 pixels horizontally and 1280 pixels vertically. So to make a 1024x768 image fill the entire screen, every pixel still has to be used which will cause what should be in a single pixel to be stretched into multiple pixels. In the example I have used, something that should be 1 pixel wide needs to be 1.5625 pixels wide, which is impossible (you can't have a fractional pixel). Very rarely is something only 1 pixel wide. Something that is supposed to be 10 pixels wide will need to be 15.625 wide. So, it will be rendered on the screen as 15 or 16 pixels wide.
Luckily Microsoft includes technologies such as "Cleartext" in windows XP and even in 2000 there is an option to "smooth screen fonts." These technologies work to blend edges using shading in order to help prevent the sharp jagged edges you would otherwise get when using lower resolutions on an LCD. With Cleartext turned on, it is unlikely you will notice a significant difference between the clarity running at the native resolution and a lower resolution. Some things will appear a little bit more blurry, you will just need to decide if the trade off is worth it for you. I personally use 1920x1200 resolution with 96 DPI fonts and normally I am just fine. If a website is too small for me to read, I just increase the text size in IE from medium up to larger or largest.
This problem is what I am experiencing and although I saved the script as a registry file windows wont allow it saying it is not a registry file?
I have had my dell 8500 for 5 days and to be honest feel that this problem should have been solved on building it! what happened to quality control?
Apart from that bit of complaining can anyone tell me how to put it right?
To ukdesignweb - I guess you solved the registry problem if Internet explorer is OK. The file needs an .reg extension.
I use macromedia MX studio at 1920 x 1600 with 120 DPI and my settings adjusted in 'display properties' - 'appearance' - 'advanced' to what I like for text and icon size. I don't have a problem with my Macromedia programs and they are very sharp. Also set display properties - appearance -effects to cleartype. In Dreamweaver under preferences you might want to set to use large fonts. See what happens when you change the settings. You can save different combinations of settings in display properties as themes and then go back and forth with the different settings to see how they effect program appearance. Not everything - in every program will be exactly as you like it sizewise - but it should be clear, readable and not fuzzy. There is also another group of messaages at Dell which discusses some of the macromedia issues.
Hi TSTAR, many thanks for that, yes I solved IE and have now adjusted other fonts icons etc. I called Dell two days ago but was told to just uninstall IE then reinstall, it didnt work! One point though I use opera and from the start everything in that viewed just great.
I just got my 8500 and was wondering what the problem was!!! I couldn't figure out why DVD's ran so smooth but the internet explorer was so fuzzy... I called dell technical support and they told me to reload drivers (that actually worked one time, but as soon as you reboot the laptop you have to reinstall the drivers again to get the same effect). I was going to get really angry at DELL but your solution saved me and them a lot of grief.
i got inspiron 5150 yesterday and i was mad at the jagged images in ie. i opened the same with netscape and there is no such freak. I just changed a key in windows registry and everything is going fine now.
change HKEY_CURRENT_ USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\INTERNET EXPLORER\MAIN\USEHR of registry to 0 instead of 1.
there is no need to change the dpi to 96 or to any custom value.. dpi=120 works well after you change the registry key.
TSTARR
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September 4th, 2003 04:00
Sorry Shred444 - if your resolution is 1920 x 1200 and a web page is designed to be 600-800 pixels wide then there is nothing you can do to enlarge the web page other than decreasing your screen resolution. Standard desktops are commonly at a resolution of 1024 x 768 and that is why most of the web pages fill 80-90% of the screen. It's very straightforward mathematics and a pixel is a pixel.
shred444
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September 4th, 2003 04:00
ive been reading the previous posts, but none really seem to answer this question:
what can i do about websites being very small in IE. Im comparing my 8500 to a standard compaq desktop and the websites fill 90 percent of the screen. The same websites on the 8500 do not even fill the left half of the screen. I understand how html is written (table percent vs pixels) but there has to be a way to enlarge the site without distortion.
shred444
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September 4th, 2003 15:00
TISA
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September 4th, 2003 16:00
TSTARR
I have a 8500 WUXGA 15.4 wide screen and am trying to fix the 'fuzzy images in IE' problem we all seem to have experienced. I've spent 5 hours with tech support which finally resulted in a temp fix (changed something in RegEdit that eliminated the fuzzy images in IE when the dpi setting is set to 96). I was told that I was not able to use the 120 dpi setting. Then I found this forum.
I see that you have a 15.4 wide screen - set at 1920x1200 at 120 dpi (per your 07.19.2003 message). Also, I read your message posted on 05.24.2003 about changing the registry setting HKEY_CURRENT_USER/SOFTWARE/MICROSOFT/INTERNET EXPLORER/MAIN/USEHR
Seems like this is what I should do to be able to view images in IE at 120 dpi. However, take me out of photoshop, quark or freehand and I'm quite computer illiterate. Can you please explain how I go about making these changes?
Thx
joys_R_us
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September 4th, 2003 17:00
TISA
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September 4th, 2003 17:00
TSTARR
I figured it out. I was able (with a little help from my computer scientist friend) to set the UseHR values like you described on 05.24.03. Everything works like a charm now. I'm thrilled!
Thx.
TISA
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September 4th, 2003 17:00
Joys_R_us
I'd would like to help you, but I'm not probably not the right person for the task. I know how frustrating it is - but keep going - i'm sure there's a fix for you. Do you have the 15.4 widescreen? If so - take a look at the message from TSTARR posted on 05.24.03. That did the trick for me.
Good luck!
ONE_HUMAN
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September 5th, 2003 06:00
joys_R_us (and anyone else), it's been posted before, but here it is again.
Go to Start > Run > type REGEDIT and click OK. Once in the Registry Editor, click the + signs to navigate to the following key (folder):
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Internet Explorer \ Main
Click on the "Main" key (folder) in the left pane to highlight it. In the right pane, you'll see the contents. Look near the bottom for a value named "UseHR". If it doesn't exist, you'll have to create it. To do this, right-click on a blank area of the right pane and choose New > DWORD Value. Name it "UseHR" (without the quotes). If you just created it, it will automatically have a value of 0 (zero), which is what you want. If it already exists, and has a value of 1 (one), double-click it to edit it (or right-click > Modify), and change the value to 0 (zero). Click OK and close the Registry Editor.
Open a new browser window and you should see the difference. If not, try rebooting your computer and then try it.
nkrick
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September 9th, 2003 22:00
If you change your resolution, first I recommend staying at a wide screen resolution with a 16x10 aspect ratio (not 1024x768, but there might be a ~1200x800). The side affects of lowering your resolution like this is that 1) you will lose a lot of space on your desktop because everything will appear bigger and 2) everything will get a little blurry. LCD's are designed to only run their native resolutions optimally. In any other resolution, the text and graphics will have to be stretched with the side affect that they look blurry. Basically, even under a lower resoltion (such as 1024x768) your 1600x1280 resolution LCD is still going to have 1600 pixels horizontally and 1280 pixels vertically. So to make a 1024x768 image fill the entire screen, every pixel still has to be used which will cause what should be in a single pixel to be stretched into multiple pixels. In the example I have used, something that should be 1 pixel wide needs to be 1.5625 pixels wide, which is impossible (you can't have a fractional pixel). Very rarely is something only 1 pixel wide. Something that is supposed to be 10 pixels wide will need to be 15.625 wide. So, it will be rendered on the screen as 15 or 16 pixels wide.
Luckily Microsoft includes technologies such as "Cleartext" in windows XP and even in 2000 there is an option to "smooth screen fonts." These technologies work to blend edges using shading in order to help prevent the sharp jagged edges you would otherwise get when using lower resolutions on an LCD. With Cleartext turned on, it is unlikely you will notice a significant difference between the clarity running at the native resolution and a lower resolution. Some things will appear a little bit more blurry, you will just need to decide if the trade off is worth it for you. I personally use 1920x1200 resolution with 96 DPI fonts and normally I am just fine. If a website is too small for me to read, I just increase the text size in IE from medium up to larger or largest.
ukdesignweb
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September 11th, 2003 09:00
I have had my dell 8500 for 5 days and to be honest feel that this problem should have been solved on building it! what happened to quality control?
Apart from that bit of complaining can anyone tell me how to put it right?
Cheers Keith
TSTARR
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September 11th, 2003 09:00
To ukdesignweb - I guess you solved the registry problem if Internet explorer is OK. The file needs an .reg extension.
I use macromedia MX studio at 1920 x 1600 with 120 DPI and my settings adjusted in 'display properties' - 'appearance' - 'advanced' to what I like for text and icon size. I don't have a problem with my Macromedia programs and they are very sharp. Also set display properties - appearance -effects to cleartype. In Dreamweaver under preferences you might want to set to use large fonts. See what happens when you change the settings. You can save different combinations of settings in display properties as themes and then go back and forth with the different settings to see how they effect program appearance. Not everything - in every program will be exactly as you like it sizewise - but it should be clear, readable and not fuzzy. There is also another group of messaages at Dell which discusses some of the macromedia issues.
Good Luck!
ukdesignweb
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September 11th, 2003 09:00
Thanks for the earlier help
Keith
ukdesignweb
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September 11th, 2003 11:00
Cheers
Keith
winski
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September 12th, 2003 18:00
You saved me a lot of headache man.
I just got my 8500 and was wondering what the problem was!!! I couldn't figure out why DVD's ran so smooth but the internet explorer was so fuzzy... I called dell technical support and they told me to reload drivers (that actually worked one time, but as soon as you reboot the laptop you have to reinstall the drivers again to get the same effect). I was going to get really angry at DELL but your solution saved me and them a lot of grief.
My sincere thanks!!!
harishcdp
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September 17th, 2003 15:00
hi
i got inspiron 5150 yesterday and i was mad at the jagged images in ie. i opened the same with netscape and there is no such freak. I just changed a key in windows registry and everything is going fine now.
change HKEY_CURRENT_ USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\INTERNET EXPLORER\MAIN\USEHR of registry to 0 instead of 1.
there is no need to change the dpi to 96 or to any custom value.. dpi=120 works well after you change the registry key.