Windows 10 Pinch-to-zoom in Windows XP (Thorium browser)

ClippyBeer

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As a quinquagenarian the main reason I use Windows 10 is the Pinch-to-Zoom feature. I simply can't surf the web without it. It works the same way as your tablet or smartphone - it zooms in and allows you to scroll around the page if your PC is equipped with a multi-touch trackpad (mine is).

I never cared for the built-in zoom feature of XP browsers where it reformats the page causing some elements to disappear. Here is a page in MyPal 68 at 100% zoom.

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Here is the same page at 130% zoom.

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Note how the page has been re-formatted while the elements on the left and menu bar items have completely disappeared.

I discovered this Chrome extension for Thorium XP that simulates pinch-to-zoom using a mouse.


Here is the page at 100%.

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Here it is zoomed in with the extension.

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Note how the formatting hasn't changed, you can scroll around the page as you would on your smartphone. As you get older tiny text gets harder to see without reading glasses. Put them away, you won't need them with this extension and an external mouse with scroll wheel.

 
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