Re: INCREASING TEXT & FONT SIZE IS NOT POSSIBLE HERE!!

From: cathy:- (anonymous@medispecialty.com)
Thu Oct 31 04:33:29 2002


Cindy uses WebTV. It doesn't run a regular web browser program like IE, netscape, iCab, mozilla, etc., but instead uses the WebTV browser. I found a "how to" that describes how to set the font size, and it only has 3 choices -- small, medium and large. She has hers set to "large" and it's not particularly large. The browser does not support java or even sophisticated html.

I also found a huge number of frothing-at-the-mouth websites of people outraged at the generally lousy customer service and poor product design of webTV. That part was actually pretty entertaining, although it did occur to me that some of those people have WAY too much time on their hands and could use some REAL problems, HAHAHA. I mean if the rude and stupid tech rep at webTV got to you this badly, folks, then I'd hate to see what a mess you'd be if you had adhesions! But anyway, the limited choice in font size seems about par for the course as far as the great and small limitations of the product.

At Wed, 30 Oct 2002, Kath Findlay wrote: >
>Dear Helen,
>
>Cynthia should be able to change the format on her own computer to go up
>as far as font 72 if need be and it will only affect her not everyone
>else. This is what she should do.
>
>1.) Go to tools on her browser and then options.
>
>2.) Then click on the mail format tab.
>
>3.) Click on fonts. There should be three choices.
>
>a.) When composing a new message.
>
>b.) When replying and forwarding.
>
>C.) When composing and reading plain text. This is the one that changes
>her incoming emails for her to read.
>
>4.) Click choose font, now change the number to a size that Cynthia
>can read.
>
>What this does is change her emails to the script size of her choice as
>large as she likes as, they come into her inbox and will not need others
>to write in large script. Everyone else will receive the size that
>their computers are set to. Hope this is of help.
>
>In Friendship Kath Findlay
>
>The UK Adhesion Society
>
>http://www.adhesions.org.uk
>
> <mailto:Kath.Findlay@adhesions.org.uk> Kath.Findlay@adhesions.org.uk
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: adhesions@adhesions.org [mailto:adhesions@adhesions.org] On Behalf
>Of Helen Dynda
>Sent: 28 October 2002 18:24
>To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS
>Subject: INCREASING TEXT & FONT SIZE IS NOT POSSIBLE HERE!!
>
>WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THE TEST I DID - REGARDING THE INCREASING OF THE
>FONT (18) AND THE INCREASING OF THE TEXT SIZE (LARGEST)...
>
>IT DID NOT WORK!!!!!!!!!
>
>~ ~ ~ ~
>
>NOW THAT I KNOW IT DOES NOT WORK, I THINK IT'S TIME TO MAKE THE
>FOLLOWING STATEMENT TO ALL IAS MEMBERS:
>
>" THE IAS DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST PEOPLE, WHO HAVE VISUAL
>PROBLEMS!! THE IAS IS HERE FOR EVERYONE!! "
>
>CYNTHIA SHRUHAN (cindyandbobby@webtv.net) IS NOT ONLY VISUALLY IMPAIRED
>- BUT SHE IS AN ASSET TO THE IAS MESSAGE BOARD. THE IAS NEEDS CYNTHIA'S
>POSITIVE MESSAGES - AS WELL AS HER SPECIAL TALENT FOR HELPING OTHERS
>FEEL WELCOME TO THE IAS WEBSITE.
>
>PLEASE LET CYNTHIA KNOW HOW MUCH HER UPLIFTING POSTINGS HAVE MEANT TO
>YOU!!
>
>THANK YOU!!
>
>Helen D.

--
cathy :-)

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