It wasn't really noted in any of the reviews I read, but if you use the E61's browser and go to the Zooming Options menu, then keep repeatedly selecting "reduce font" and "zoom out pictures" until these options no longer appear in the menu, you get a view of most websites which is pretty much identical to that on your PC, with very little or no sideways scrolling required. The browser handles the scaling well-enough that the images still look good, just smaller, and maybe the 16 million colour screen helps too.
For example the BBC News website has about 80% of its width on-screen with these settings, and the same goes for All About Symbian.
The one downside is if you have eyesight problems when reading small text you'll need to get get your reading specs out! 🙄
Its nice this but would be better if there was a quicker way to get to this i.e. a Minimap mode that was readable.
Rafe wrote:Its nice this but would be better if there was a quicker way to get to this i.e. a Minimap mode that was readable.
Yeah, maybe there should just be some kind of slider which lets you zoom in or out, like there is on things like Google Maps. It'd be much more intuitive than burying this mode in two separate options on the menu, and having to reselect the options several times to get them to display fully zoomed out.
Still, I'm very chuffed about this, it means I can surf the internet on the E61 almost exactly as I do on the PC (which saves a lot of arguments over which one of us gets to use the computer!).
The only thing the browser needs now is full flash support.
krisse wrote:Yeah, maybe there should just be some kind of slider which lets you zoom in or out, like there is on things like Google Maps. It'd be much more intuitive than burying this mode in two separate options on the menu, and having to reselect the options several times to get them to display fully zoomed out.
You don't have to do that. Just press * and # to quickly zoom in and out.
That does make things much more usable - you're right. Well spotted. It's a shame you have to go through the process every time Web is launched as it won't save settings.
Tim
Raven wrote:You don't have to do that. Just press * and # to quickly zoom in and out.
Thanks for that, it's a shame it doesn't really tell you that in the browser itself.
timsalmon wrote:That does make things much more usable - you're right. Well spotted. It's a shame you have to go through the process every time Web is launched as it won't save settings.Tim
It saves the shrunken font settings, but you have to zoom out the graphics when you first start up the browser. Thanks to Raven's tip though that just takes a few clicks on the # symbol.
Oh yes. I forgot that I discovered that one the other day! That does make it faster.
Did you also know that when using Calculator, it's true that the + - = / * buttons on the keyboard don't work (as reported by Ewan in the AAS review) but that the * button gives you a + and the # button a decimal point? Not much of a thumb-moving save, but a little!
Tim
timsalmon wrote:Oh yes. I forgot that I discovered that one the other day! That does make it faster.Did you also know that when using Calculator, it's true that the + - = / * buttons on the keyboard don't work (as reported by Ewan in the AAS review) but that the * button gives you a + and the # button a decimal point? Not much of a thumb-moving save, but a little!
Tim
I suppose they must've had that code left over from phones with a keypad rather than a keyboard.