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This might be the stupidest question ever and may have an easy fix. Most, no, all of the forums I visit fill up the entire screen on my monitor but Spyderco site always has this reduced view. I have always just accepted it as how the site is but got to wondering, is this the way it looks on everyone's PC? If there is a fix/setting I would like to know what it is. My eyes aren't getting any better. :)

What you show is normal for me too. I am running Windows 7 Professional and IE.

Bert

I am running windows 7 as well. I guess it is what it is. Sure would be nice to have a monitor full of Spyderco though. Thanks for the post!

In the past day or two Kristi posted that they are making changes to the forum. Maybe the display is one of the things to be changed.

She said we may see hick-ups during the upgrade. I think they started already because I've already seen one hick-up. My car didn't start this morning. :) They must be making some pretty radical changes. :D

Jack

It's the same here. I don't mind it so much, it doesn't effect pictures and i have a 19 inch widescreen monitor so i'd just have to cover more ground with my mouse if it covered the whole screen. It sort of makes reading it easier, and it's one of the few forums that my phone doesn't hate.

Evil D wrote:It's the same here. I don't mind it so much, it doesn't effect pictures and i have a 19 inch widescreen monitor so i'd just have to cover more ground with my mouse if it covered the whole screen. It sort of makes reading it easier, and it's one of the few forums that my phone doesn't hate.

I'll probably feel stupid but, what does your phone have to do with the forum? My phone ....

Nevermind, I just figured it out. You view the forum on your phone. :o I never do that. All I do is check email.

I was right, I feel stupid. :)

Jack

jackknifeh wrote:In the past day or two Kristi posted that they are making changes to the forum. Maybe the display is one of the things to be changed.

She said we may see hick-ups during the upgrade. I think they started already because I've already seen one hick-up. My car didn't start this morning. :) They must be making some pretty radical changes. :D

Jack

Maybe so. All I got for Christmas this year was a dang george forman grill. I blame Spyderco upgrades. That thing won't slice paper for nothin

Have you tried zooming? What browser are you using?

Using Mozilla. Just tried it and now the text is huge but screen size remains the same. :)

Looks that way to me too, no matter which browser or PC I use, including my Linux box, unless I drop the res to 800 X 600. Think they use a style sheet or something that does the same thing in PHP, that specifies an 800 pixel width. I know there are a number of other sites (not forums, just other websites like WIRED and The Weather Channel) that do the same. May have something to do with making them more compatible with tablets and smart phones, or just a holdover from the days when 800X600 was the de facto standard for monitors.

On a somewhat different note, do wish someone would make a 25" portrait mode monitor. IMHO, tall screen would be a lot more useful than wide screen.

I just tried it with explorer and it has a little less border but about the same. Just wondered if others were getting the same view. Not a biggie but if they ever upgrade it, it would be a plus.

jackknifeh wrote:I'll probably feel stupid but, what does your phone have to do with the forum? My phone ....

Nevermind, I just figured it out. You view the forum on your phone. :o I never do that. All I do is check email.

I was right, I feel stupid. :)

Jack

Yep, smartphone/phone internet for when I'm not at home.

you could try ctrl and + . it could also be the fact you have a very wide screen :rolleyes:

razorsharp wrote:you could try ctrl and + . it could also be the fact you have a very wide screen :rolleyes:

It is a bit wide but looked this way on my last one as well. Guess it's just the way the forum is. Thanks for the short cut to the font though. I am always running into something I can't read.