Resizing Web Pages for Widescreen

caveman38

I have recently changed monitors from a large 4:3 to widescreen and upgraded OS to W10. I prefer IE but have to use Chrome sometimes.
The problem I'm having is that I am continually resizing pages using Cntrl +/-. Is there a way to default all pages to preferred size, font etc.
Also I am writing this post on MSE which only populates 50% of the screen with wide white borders left and right - can that be reconfigured too.

DoaM

I use Chrome with the uBlock extension.

I also use MSE with the old green skin.

I have custom filters setup in uBlock to get rid of most of the advertising "kludge" and stretch the display to pretty much the full screen width.

forums.moneysavingexpert.com###MSEForumsRHS
forums.moneysavingexpert.com###forum_top_1336472146
forums.moneysavingexpert.com###MSEResourceBar
forums.moneysavingexpert.com###theWrapper
forums.moneysavingexpert.com###footer
forums.moneysavingexpert.com##.forum_container:style(width: 99% !important)

caveman38

I am using the green skin version of MSE forum and it only populates 50% but for example https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/ populates the entire screen.
It it down to the host how they present their page.


Thanks for the advice re. UBlock and the script. Do I assume you therefor configure it for all sites you visit regularly,

EveryWhere

I just leave it as it is;



Doesn't bother me. What advertising?

getmore4less

Very textual content reads better in narrower formats.

That why we use portrait paper and newspapers split into columns.

DoaM

EveryWhere wrote: »

What advertising?

Maybe not ads per se ... just screen clutter with the sidebars (mainly). I just like a cleaner viewport to this forum.

EveryWhere

DoaM wrote: »

Maybe not ads per se ... just screen clutter with the sidebars (mainly). I just like a cleaner viewport to this forum.

I just meant that there is never anything contained within my sidebars, by default.
I am ok with them remaining empty and the forum remaining in 'portrait' format.

DoaM

Sorry - when I quoted your reply I noticed you had an image embedded, presumably a screenshot of your view. I can't see that image from here.

If I turn off uBlock the forum reverts to default green view. This means I see all the links across the top, and all the right hand sidebar elements (How to contact us, Forum Jump, Free MoneySaving Email, etc.), and a lot of wasted screen space (in my opinion). I don't want to see these things and lose that space - I prefer the forum to use up the width of my browser window, hence the filters I use.

ThemeOne

It might be worth having a play around with scaling and resolution for your monitor https://www.pcworld.com/article/2953978/use-windows-10s-individual-display-scaling-to-perfect-your-multi-monitor-setup.html

As mentioned before though, most people find long lines of text hard to read, so it might also be a case of not having your browser window at 100%.

DoaM

EveryWhere wrote: »

I just leave it as it is;



Doesn't bother me. What advertising?

DoaM wrote: »

Sorry - when I quoted your reply I noticed you had an image embedded, presumably a screenshot of your view. I can't see that image from here.

I can see it now ... you're using the new white/blue theme. The green theme is different.

EveryWhere

DoaM wrote: »

I can see it now ... you're using the new white/blue theme. The green theme is different.

Not that keen on that one.