Download: Iconico EasyRead
A fair number of my customers have a hard time reading the small fonts on web sites. For some the vision problems are due to age while for others it may be due to a smaller monitor or resolution settings. Microsoft Internet Explorer has a feature to change the font size, but it doesn't always work. An innnovative software development company by the name of Iconico has a free utility called EasyRead that magnifies web pages.
This little gem works in Internet Explorer only and adds two buttons to your standard toolbar: a plus [+] button and a minus [-] button. As you can guess, the plus button slightly increases the size of the web page and the minus decreases it. I even tested it on a Macromedia Flash site and it worked with that too. It would have been nice if there was a button that returned the page to its original size.
When you click on the "Download EasyRead" link, it takes you to a page where you sign up for the Iconico mailing list before you download EasyRead. This is optional however, as Iconico graciously allows you to not bother with this if you don't want to be on another mailing list.
I tested EasyRead on a spyware-free system and after install I checked again for spyware. Microsoft AntiSpyware, AdAware SE Professional and Spybot Search and Destroy detected no spyware in EasyRead, and I found no popups either. The program runs clean and is a small quick download.
If you or anyone you know has a problem reading small fonts on web pages, EasyRead is a great little utility for Internet Explorer.
This little gem works in Internet Explorer only and adds two buttons to your standard toolbar: a plus [+] button and a minus [-] button. As you can guess, the plus button slightly increases the size of the web page and the minus decreases it. I even tested it on a Macromedia Flash site and it worked with that too. It would have been nice if there was a button that returned the page to its original size.
When you click on the "Download EasyRead" link, it takes you to a page where you sign up for the Iconico mailing list before you download EasyRead. This is optional however, as Iconico graciously allows you to not bother with this if you don't want to be on another mailing list.
I tested EasyRead on a spyware-free system and after install I checked again for spyware. Microsoft AntiSpyware, AdAware SE Professional and Spybot Search and Destroy detected no spyware in EasyRead, and I found no popups either. The program runs clean and is a small quick download.
If you or anyone you know has a problem reading small fonts on web pages, EasyRead is a great little utility for Internet Explorer.
posted by Peter at
8:34 PM
2 Comments:
You wanted a button that returns page to its original size
after using the EasyRead
Zoom buttons
from iconico;
the button is already there;
it's called "Refresh".
Right-Click the Standard
Button Bar; click customize select text options:
show text labels.
rejuggle the standard buttons to this sequence:
Home, Back,
Zoom in, Refresh, Zoom out, Stop,
Related, Search, copy, mail, size, Print Preview, Full Screen
(remove discuss and print;
use print preview
instead of print; print preview
saves money)
By
Anonymous, at 11:52 AM
Great tip! Thank you!
By
Peter, at 12:02 PM
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