For questions about "zooming" (magnifying or shrinking a portion of a page).
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Are they any browsers without double-tap zoom feature?
I am looking for a browser to use on an Android tablet or mobile device that either does not have a double-tap zoom feature or where the double-tap zoom feature can be disabled. There are other uses ...
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1answer
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Annoying “unzoom” when browsing text
The following happens in various applications such as more than one type of web browser and Adobe's PDF reader. I'm scrolling through text at a comfortable zoom level, and then suddenly, I touch the ...
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1answer
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Zoom in/out via external keyboard
In there a way to get the effect of (zoom out/pinch put)/in with external mouse and or/keyboard?
For games like angry birds or using google earth.
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1answer
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images blurry in stock browser
How do I disable the automatic zoom-in in stock browser? It makes the images very blurry and eye strain. What I want is small but sharp (which is what opera does)
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1answer
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Can a Dream's camera really zoom from the camera app?
I upgraded my HTC Dream to CM6.1, and the camera app now has a zoom option. Is this a real zoom, or just a digital blow-up of the image? I'm guessing the latter.
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pdf reader which has zoom and width locking? [closed]
I have both Adobe Reader and EZPDF. Are are both lacking. I want to lock the width and zoom and everything once I have a pdf open to my preferred settings. I just want to page up or down when ...
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2answers
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Pinch-zoom not pure zoom in Web browser on HTC Desire Z because text is auto-re-formatted: irritating / layouts break
When I (multi-touch) pinch to zoom and release my fingers from touching the screen to see the zoomed display, the Android web browser on the HTC Desire Z performs a shrink-to-fit re-format of the page ...
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zoom on an android tv?
I have a TV that runs android 2.2. It can take a USB mouse and keyboard, and I'm running the dolphin web browser on an auto-refreshed page for digital signage. Only thing is, I can't get it to zoom in ...
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Use my volume keys as zoom in and out on ICS camera?
On the stock ICS camera, I want to know how to make it so that pressing the volume up and down keys zoom in and out the camera? It worked before on my phone's original firmware (ST17i) but after ...
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2answers
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How can I zoom without multitouch in Adobe PDF Reader?
How can zoom in Adobe PDF Reader without using multitouch? I can double-tap to zoom but it is just one level of zoom. How can I zoom more?
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2answers
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Is there a zoom and timer functionality on Nexus S camera?
If not, is there another app that gives this functionality?
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In camera apps, is “zoom” a digital zoom, or an optical zoom?
In some camera apps (native camera app in 2.2, Camera 360), "zoom" zooms in on the image -- filling the entire screen with a closer-in view of what you're shooting. In at least one app (Vignette [see ...
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In camera apps, if zoom is digital, how is (auto) focus achieved?
In almost all Android devices, zoom is digital -- there just isn't a mechanism for changing the length of the barrel and gathering more info.
So how is focus achieved?
If you're not physically ...
