| Subject: IE8 and Windows Mail |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.mail |
| Date: 9/6/2008 12:03:03 PM |
| From: "Larry Davis" [Email Address Protection] |
Thought I'd share my experience with IE8beta. It might help or warn = others who are thinking about trying it. As soon as I had Internet = Explorer 8 beta installed a few days ago I noticed that all the text = size when reading email was very small. I changed the view setting to = "largest" fonts but it was still a lot smaller than I was comfortable = with. My eyes aren't all that great I admit since I have cataracts but = my vision is corrected to 20/20 with glasses. After a day of trying to cope with this reduced font size, I decided = that the only thing that had changed on my computer was installing IE8. = I had to go online to find out how to uninstall it, but after I had = completed the uninstall, the font sizes in Windows Mail returned to = normal. I usually only have them set to "medium" as that's plenty large = enough. It makes no sense to me why installing a new browser should affect the = font sizes in the email program, but that's what happened. Perhaps when = they get to the official full release of IE8 they will have fixed that = problem.=20 I'm thinking of trying out Google's chrome now. Larry Davis |
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| Subject: Re: IE8 and Windows Mail |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.mail |
| Date: 9/6/2008 4:37:13 PM |
| From: "Gary VanderMolen" [Email Address Protection] |
Not only is the font size reduced, but the font stays at Times New = Roman, even when you select a different reading font. This problem also affects Windows Live Mail and Outlook Express. The same bug existed in IE8 beta 1. It is surprising that MS hasn't = fixed it yet. --=20 Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail) "Larry Davis" <larrydonline@gmail.com> wrote in message = news:52BD529C-A7AD-4C2D-9E5C-CC138020B118@microsoft.com... Thought I'd share my experience with IE8beta. It might help or warn = others who are thinking about trying it. As soon as I had Internet = Explorer 8 beta installed a few days ago I noticed that all the text = size when reading email was very small. I changed the view setting to = "largest" fonts but it was still a lot smaller than I was comfortable = with. My eyes aren't all that great I admit since I have cataracts but = my vision is corrected to 20/20 with glasses. After a day of trying to cope with this reduced font size, I decided = that the only thing that had changed on my computer was installing IE8. = I had to go online to find out how to uninstall it, but after I had = completed the uninstall, the font sizes in Windows Mail returned to = normal. I usually only have them set to "medium" as that's plenty large = enough. It makes no sense to me why installing a new browser should affect the = font sizes in the email program, but that's what happened. Perhaps when = they get to the official full release of IE8 they will have fixed that = problem.=20 I'm thinking of trying out Google's chrome now. Larry Davis |
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