RE: Firefox settings

Hi Katie,

I’m not sure, when I open up about:config and filter to zoom, this is what I see:
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However, having changed it and tested it worked, I’ve closed & reopened the browser, and now I can’t get past 300% either, very strange.

-Alastair


From: Katie Haritos-Shea [mailto:ryladog@gmail.com]
Sent: 21 February 2018 17:06
To: Alastair Campbell <acampbell@nomensa.com>
Cc: LVTF - low-vision-a11y <public-low-vision-a11y-tf@w3.org>
Subject: Re: Firefox settings

Alastair,

Thanks for sharing this. I only seem to get to be able to zoom to 300% with the Zoom Controls feature. There is a greyed out Customize control on the  Zoom Controls. Any idea how I can turn that on?


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On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 5:23 AM, Alastair Campbell <acampbell@nomensa.com<mailto:acampbell@nomensa.com>> wrote:
Hi everyone,

Slight tangent, but I was looking for a way of increasing the zoom in Firefox by default, and came across a very powerful setting.

If you would like to increase the default zoom on all websites AND the interface:

- Open a new tab and type in about:config
- Click past the 'dragons' screen.
- Put "pix" in the search at the top.
- double click the layout.css.devPixelsPerPx item
- VERY CAREFULLY change that from -1.0 to something like 1.3 (for +30%)

That should instantly increase the size of everything, including the browser chrome. I say 'carefully' because if you put in something like 0.05, you will completely break your profile and have to re-install!

Also, you can search for 'zoom' and change the max zoom level to 400%, then you can more easily test the reflow SC.

Cheers,

-Alastair