Carl wrote:
> anonymousNetUser wrote:
>> 4phun wrote:
>>> On Jul 15, 10:46 am, anonymousNetUser <mic...@disney.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Changing the text size in the e-mail app doesn't help with all the
>>>> other apps, nor with the home screen--which you have to use to get
>>>> to the mail app.
>>> OK
>>> Hold down the mail icon until it wobbles.
>>> Drag it off screen to teh right to a new screen.
>>>
>>> Keep doing this until it is on a screen all by itself and then press
>>> the HOME button to lock it in place.
>>>
>>> To use just flip all the screens along until you find the one with
>>> only one icon on it.
>>>
>>> Or you could merely move the icon to eitehr the extreme right or left
>>> of the bottom task bar so you could locate Mail instantly from any
>>> screen.
>>>
>>> When sending mail to yourself or notes to your self from your PC -
>>> use RTF or HTML select all text and bump it up to 18 or more. You
>>> can get the stuff so large a person sitting across the room could
>>> read it on that little screen.
>>>
>> Nice workaround, but it only helps with mail. What about maps? I'd
>> like to use that application too. But once again, the icon is so
>> small, I sometimes can't see it and open something else instead. Once
>> it's open and I can zoom in, it's fine.
>>
>> There's more than enough room on this screen to increase the size of
>> the icons and text. Okay, maybe you're stuck with only three icons or
>> even two across instead of four, but it's doable. I guess all those
>> designers and programmers are too young to notice this. You'd think
>> that Steve was getting a little long in the tooth and would have this
>> same complaint, but maybe he's rich enough to buy some bionic eyes.
>>
> Have you considered an eye exam and eyeglasses? Or do you have an eye
> condition that precludes glasses from working well?

I'm old, not dumb.

Yes, I get new glasses every year. And I still have a hard time, even
with reading glasses, seeing small print.

It's mostly just age; the eyes don't change focus as fast. So if I'm
working and focused on a computer monitor and the phone rings, I can't
adjust focus fast enough to see who's calling. The eye's want to stay
focused on the computer monitor about 3 feet away, but my arms are only
about 2 ft long. So even holding the phone at arm's length doesn't help
much.