anonymousNetUser wrote:
> 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.
>
A fair answer. I am in the optical business so was just wondering. Just so
you know, there is a lens that will allow you to focus almost instantly at
both distances. My favorite lens solution to this problem is the Sola
Access. Ask your local optician/optometrist about it. If they don't know, go
somewhere else until you find someone who does. Honestly, if they are not
familiar with this lens, they are not, imo, people at the top of their game.
I wear them and love them.

Read this article (which I had nothing to do with: I just found it for you
with a google search):
http://www.compukiss.com/reviews/sola-access-lens.html

You may thank me later.