I believe text zoom mode is redundant if page zoom mode exists. I don't know what the Chromium UI Engineers were thinking when they removed text based to zoom based, but I believe it is the right choice.
On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Flier Lu <[email protected]> wrote: > > So, my question is why use one zoom mode replace another? In my > opinion, I like to choose the right zoom mode base on the design and > layout of the given site. :) > > On Jan 3, 3:21 pm, "Mohamed Mansour" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Isn't this already done? > > CTRL+Z = Page zoom in, (according to the latest rev). Text Zoom In does > not > > exist. *yet" > > > > On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 8:34 AM, Flier Lu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >http://flierlu.blogspot.com/2008/12/change-default-zoom-mode-in-googl. > .. > > > > > As a WebKit based browser, Google Chrome use the text zoom mode as > > > default zoom mode. It means, if you choose the Zoom -> Larger in the > > > page context menu, or press the Ctrl + '+' accelerator, all the text > > > font size in the page will be increased by 20%. On the other hand, if > > > you do the same thing in FireFox, the whole page will be zoomed > > > instead the text font size. > > > > > In my opinion, I feel the page zoom mode more comfortable, although I > > > don't think any of those mode is better than the other. At least in my > > > 24' LCD with 1080p, I need the page zoom width enough to fill the > > > right space. > > > > > So, I just modified Chrome source code, add two alternative > > > accelerators for page zoom mode; I also add a command line switch to > > > set the default zoom mode when starting. > > > > > The changes are straight, because WebKit had provided the build-in > > > support for page zoom mode, and Chrome also had an internal switch for > > > zoom mode. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Chromium Discussion mailing list: [email protected] View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-discuss -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
