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Reading View in Insider Channels
Elliot Kirk I use reading view a lot, mostly on technical/legal websites were articles are long. Your post mentions customization tools coming in future iterations.
A customization tool that I would like to see is a tool giving users the option to (1) set the background color to either beige or white, (2) set the typeface to serif or sans-serif, and (3) adjust font size. This isn't just a whim on my part. I'm in my 70's, and and for those of us with aging eyes, these customization options would increase usability.
Compare/contrast the two screens below:
aditya10Microsoft
Hi tomscharbach
Thank you for your feedback. We are glad reading view is helping you read more effectively. This has always been a motivation while designing the feature. We hear you and will definitely work on the things that you've mentioned. :)
There are a bunch of features and tools in the Edge version of RV including, ones you mention. We are all anxiously awaiting them in the Edge C version. We have been told all will be there by the time Edge C becomes our default browser.
And here is a wee tip for you. In your Win10 > Settings > Ease of access. There you find a slider which will change/ set just only the text size. Try it, you will like it 😊
Cheers,
Drew- Drew. DREW! Wow. My man. Thanks!!! 😅🤣 How did I miss that? I was able to figure out how to make my Mouse Cursor big and as Orange as the Capture One Pro UI's Orange Highlight.
Thanks also for the the extra info about Reading View coming to Edge (Chromium) (RTM?) "There are a bunch of features and tools in the Edge version of RV including, ones you mention."
I've set my Edge (Classic) Reading View to a white background and a slightly larger text size for years. Edge (Classic) does not offer users the option to switch from serif to sans-serif.
"We are all anxiously awaiting them in the Edge C version. We have been told all will be there by the time Edge C becomes our default browser."
I guess that I missed the announcement telling us that "all will be there by the time Edge C becomes our default browser". Elliot doesn't mention it in the article, and I've not seen anything else confirming that the release version will allow users to (a) change background color, (b) adjust font size, and (c) choose between serif and sans-serif. Can you give me a link or a quote? I'm particularly interested in the serif/sans-serif option.
"And here is a wee tip for you. In your Win10 > Settings > Ease of access. There you find a slider which will change/ set just only the text size. Try again, you will like it."The slider changes font size in Windows menus, but does not change font size in Reading View.
As you no doubt know, another Ease of Access setting allows users to set text size from 100% to 125% and larger, but that affects everything in Windows, including the browser, window layouts and so on.
Neither fit the bill. But thanks for the comment.
EDIT: The author of the quoted comment edited the comment several hours after this comment was made, quoting the initial comment by that author. The following line was edited by the author of that post:
Original: "Try again, you will like it 😊"
Edited: "Try it, you will like it 😊"
tomscharbach
Yes, you got me... I should not have implied ALL mentioned features; no, cannot pick font type. Can pick page background shade, light to dark.
It was here in this Forum not long ago that someone from Edge said the stuff everyone was saying, "Hey, where is it?!" would be in RV by release time & we'd start seeing some feature/tools as time went along. No, link... I have a hard enough time finding exchanges in here at the best of times 🤨.
I wish you'd quoted me after the correction was made 😉 My mobile must have said something I hadn't noticed.
Yes, that's why the was a lot of happiness when only just the text size could be affected. And not everything.
As can be seen, I have the text slightly enlarged. Windows, et al are not.
BTW, in case think otherwise, I am not arguing... in case the typing sounds like it.
Cheers,
Drew
