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Why does "Reformat text on zoom" not work on my HTC Desire?

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I cannot get Reformat text on zoom" to work on my HTC Desire.

I have folleowed the instructions on this page to no luck. http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/zoom-in-and-out#w_reformatting-text-on-zoom

Has anyone else experienced this?

I cannot get Reformat text on zoom" to work on my HTC Desire. I have folleowed the instructions on this page to no luck. http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/zoom-in-and-out#w_reformatting-text-on-zoom Has anyone else experienced this?

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Hmm, sorry it's not working. It might be that the text on the page is not small enough to trigger the reformatting behavior. (Our default settings are perhaps not aggressive enough about reformatting text.) If you install the Bigger Text add-on and use its options to increase the "Double-tap size" to 18, then does reformatting work when you double-tap?

Are you using the browser in portrait or landscape orientation? It should be more noticeable in portrait mode.

As an example, the text on gnu.org should reflow if you double-tap on the orange area at the top of the page with the "Reform text" option enabled.

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In Firefox 4, reformatting works only when you double-tap to zoom. It does not work when you pinch zoom. (We're working on improving the reformatting feature in future versions.)

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double-taping does not help. still not reformatting.

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Hmm, sorry it's not working. It might be that the text on the page is not small enough to trigger the reformatting behavior. (Our default settings are perhaps not aggressive enough about reformatting text.) If you install the Bigger Text add-on and use its options to increase the "Double-tap size" to 18, then does reformatting work when you double-tap?

Are you using the browser in portrait or landscape orientation? It should be more noticeable in portrait mode.

As an example, the text on gnu.org should reflow if you double-tap on the orange area at the top of the page with the "Reform text" option enabled.

Modified by Matt Brubeck

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Thx... "bigger text" add-on did fix the problem on one of the three newsites I check out several times a day. Its not perfect but its a start. Thank you

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Just wanted to put in my 2 cents as well, I hope that the reformat will work just as the standard browser. I will try the Big text to see if it helps with some sites.

On a HTC Desire HD...

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the issue of a mobile such as nokia 900/htc/android/motorolla tablet phone ( firefox is lagging or not woeking/corrupted ) is became a hot topic since the last 2 years,, and the phone manufacturer and mozilla is never resolve this problem - and inside the ( Help ) is not got the resolution that the usser needed and I facing this problem since I m buying a nokia 900 and Htc... today I m telling a mozilla via his web,, and I hope mozilla will do their best to enabling all their firefox 3 - 6 for mobile is working steadily and pls dont let your browser is lagging anymore,,, and suppose mozilla is still do the beta tester,, you may not declared to the public that the firefox is a ( mobile going browser ) and now I m telling everybody,, ( that I m very disappointed ) just because of a ( bad services ) done by mozilla to the nokia 900 + Htc and I m now going to the many places inside my city and take a video about how the firefox 4 - 5 is ( failure ) + ( lagging ) + ( unable open pages ) + ( Error ) + many more and those video, soon will be posted to all public via the internet, cos we want everybody know about the firefox isn't a perfect mobile browser ............. we do this bcos firefox is never make changes eventhough they are already received a millions of the complaint from the user's from a various country.

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Untill today, the firefox ( mobile phone) is not working better because it is lagging and always error


thereso, we must boycott any mobile phone of which is using a firefox as it's browser.



ref; [email protected]

Modified by pulisbuduk

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T-Mobile Amaze does not reformat text on zoom either.

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PLEASE enable reformatting with the 'pinch to zoom' function. Without it it's barely possible to read many of the websites, which can easily be read with browsers like Opera and others.

With this feature, Firefox Mobile would be a fantastic application!

And on this behalf thanks to the Firefox team for your great work on the mobile version of Firefox. You have done a great job so far! Firefox has improved a lot during this year and remains my favorite browser.