Do you like to know what fits in a 800×600 browser window? Want to surf but don’t want it to fill up you’re entire screen? Sounds like you could use one of my favorite browser hacks.
By embedding simple JavaScript into links, you can add bookmarks that instead of visiting a favorite page perform a favorite function. In this case, resizing your browser.
Resizes browser to common screen resolutions:
A few other helpful browser manipulations:
Just right-click on the link and select “Bookmark This Link…” or “Add To Favorites…”
November 28th, 2005 at 9:15 pm
As useful as simple!! Thank for the tip!
November 29th, 2005 at 9:56 am
fyi- For these javascripts to be effective… you must make sure that in your options > web features (tab) Enable Javascript Advanced… (button) that you have Move or resize existing windows checked.
I had this unchecked for various reasons. I hate it when other sites attempt to resize my browser or if a pop up (which I have open in a new tab not a new pop up window) attempts to resize my entire browser.
But these javascripts are very useful indeed.
November 29th, 2005 at 2:13 pm
Hmmm..how come they don’t work in Opera (v 9.0 pr 1 to be precise?).
But, hey is it possible to duplicate Opera’s “Fit to site content” feature? I find it really useful.
November 29th, 2005 at 2:39 pm
Good question. I only tested them in FireFox and IE (the browsers that I use). JavaScipt can be finniky sometimes.
A fit to site conten would be really cool. I’ll have to think about that one. I don’t really know how to determine how big the content is.
November 30th, 2005 at 10:57 am
As a slightly off-topic rant, man, I hate when things resize my browser without my permission. As it is, my laptop screen is of a high enough resolution that I almost never resize things.
November 30th, 2005 at 11:28 am
I’m with you J.R. For me, there’s no reason for a website to resize your browser. That’s one of the reason I bookmark these links. If a website resizes my browser window without my permission, I just click on the 800×600 link and keep going.
I usually browse website in 800×600 even though I have a 1680×1050 desktop. Most websites (or should) fit into 800×600, and I can keep working on other applications.
November 30th, 2005 at 1:19 pm
Yeah. My lappy’s default is 1920×1200, so I can usually have an app and a browser window each in about half of the screen. Stupid, poorly-coded websites.
December 4th, 2005 at 7:59 pm
Useful and imaginative! Another approach (a bit more generic): use AutoHotkey and set up macros to resize and/or move any window with hotkeys or mouse gestures.