Google Chrome GUI + Content "too small"

[Perry Papadopoulos]

Hello,

 

I picked up a Dell Inspiron 15 recently. It has a 1080p so the resolution is big. I noticed that with Google Chrome the GUI and the web page content are way too small to read. I understand there is a zoom feature but shouldn't it "fit" correctly in my screen like Firefox? In the screenshot provided I have Firefox and Chrome side by side to show you the difference. Firefox's view is fine (the gui and content) but Chrome looks way too small. I've tried disabling display scaling on highi DIP setting but it didnt help.

[nyolc8]

I noticed this too, chrome doesn't follow the windows dpi settings for some reason.

[Anibal P]

Looks to me like Chrome is displaying the site correctly and FF is way too zoomed in 

To be safe I'd say make sure the zoom is set to 200% in Chrome 

[MikeChipshop Member]

Chrome looks far more accurate to me, looks like FF is having issues with the font.

[+John Teacake MVC]

As daft as this sounds could you just just increase or decrease the font size, The setting is in the menu.....?  

[Skiver Veteran]

I have to agree with some of the others here, IMO Chrome looks better than FF.

 

This may be a silly question, why not just use Firefox if it displays website how you prefer them?

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

The font size in Chrome looks fine to me. Not too small in any way. And as said above, it's easy enough to set Chrome to use larger fonts.

[zhangm Supervisor]

Thread moved to Web Browser Discussion & Support.

[nyolc8]

The "problem" is that the Windows DPI setting is bigger than 100% (on my laptop, by default it set to bigger because of the smaller 15,5" screen with fullhd resolution) and all other browsers are following Windows dpi setting and makes webpages "zoomed in" a bit just like the UI, but chrome doesn't follow the dpi setting and it just displays it's UI and webpages as on 100% dpi setting.

[Perry Papadopoulos]

The "problem" is that the Windows DPI setting is bigger than 100% (on my laptop, by default it set to bigger because of the smaller 15,5" screen with fullhd resolution) and all other browsers are following Windows dpi setting and makes webpages "zoomed in" a bit just like the UI, but chrome doesn't follow the dpi setting and it just displays it's UI and webpages as on 100% dpi setting.

 

This. My screen is too small for it to look the way it is. I have to constantly squint. I had no problems with it before I recently updated it.

[Tews]

Press on CTRL while scrolling up  with your mouse ...I keep mine at 150 .. perfect for these  tired eyes  :rofl:

[Joshie]

Chrome is fine. Your Firefox browser is distorted. It looks like it's at 125% or 150% zoom. I can tell because the actual size of the reddit logo in the upper left is larger than the actual dimensions the site is designed to show it at. Several other elements are also showing signs of distortion from zoom in the Firefox view.

 

This is like looking at the world through a magnifying glass for too long and then thinking there's something wrong with your eyes when you finally look at the world without it. =)

[Perry Papadopoulos]

Chrome is fine. Your Firefox browser is distorted. It looks like it's at 125% or 150% zoom. I can tell because the actual size of the reddit logo in the upper left is larger than the actual dimensions the site is designed to show it at. Several other elements are also showing signs of distortion from zoom in the Firefox view.

 

This is like looking at the world through a magnifying glass for too long and then thinking there's something wrong with your eyes when you finally look at the world without it. =)

Firefox is fine. Most apps I run are zoomed in that much. I know that Firefox isn't zoomed because I just installed it and didn't touch anything. I'll take screenshots of its settings when I get home from work. Once upon a time ago, Chromes GUI and web content was as big as the way Firefox looks now.

[Boo Berry]

Chrome made changes in regards to DPI a few milestones ago.

[chrisj1968]

I get the same problem with my laptops 1920 x 1080

[Joshie]

Firefox is fine. Most apps I run are zoomed in that much. I know that Firefox isn't zoomed because I just installed it and didn't touch anything. I'll take screenshots of its settings when I get home from work. Once upon a time ago, Chromes GUI and web content was as big as the way Firefox looks now.

I dunno, man. Open the same page again in more browsers. I think you'll see they're more like Chrome's proportions than Firefox's.

 

That Firefox screenshot looks like it has scaling for the vision impaired turned on. I suppose it's possible you have Windows set to scale the UI somewhat, and Chrome and Firefox are affected by the OS settings differently. But Chrome is definitely much closer to 100% scaling than Firefox. Just look up screenshots of the Reddit front page, man. Your Firefox proportions are off. This is objectively verifiable stuff. Just compare to other people's screenshots of the site, or load it up in IE/Safari and break the tie.

[yakumo]

I suppose it's possible you have Windows set to scale the UI somewhat, and Chrome and Firefox are affected by the OS settings differently. 

 

That is exactly what he said...

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

That is exactly what he said...

Yeah, people aren't reading the first post :laugh:

I know Chrome enabled scaling support a few releases ago, but I think they might have disabled it due to bugs. I think of all the browsers Firefox has the best support for it due to how it renders the interface, even IE with it's really good support gets a few UI things wrong.

[redfish]

Chrome would automatically adjust to a high dpi mode for me until one of the recent updates.

[Perry Papadopoulos]

Chrome would automatically adjust to a high dpi mode for me until one of the recent updates.

Happy to see Im not the only one experiencing this problem.

Here's the view settings on the browsers

[DemonicHawk]

Yeah, people aren't reading the first post :laugh:

 

This. Holy. I can't tell if everyone here is jumping at the chance to defend chrome or if they're just not reading the OP.

 

This is clearly a problem with chrome not following the DPI setting in windows. Not exactly surprising coming from Google...

[Perry Papadopoulos]

Does anyone know if there has been any fixes for this problem? Sorry for bumping an old thread.

[Seahorsepip Veteran]

Yes there is a fix(scale the whole browser using a launch prefix in the shortcut)

 

Gimme a sec to google it.

 

Edit:

/high-dpi-support=1 /force-device-scale-factor=1

Change force-device-scale-factor to increase/decrease chrome dpi size.

I use this on my stream 7 so it's easier to use on the small screen.

[Perry Papadopoulos]

Yes there is a fix(scale the whole browser using a launch prefix in the shortcut)

 

Gimme a sec to google it.

 

Edit:

/high-dpi-support=1 /force-device-scale-factor=1

Change force-device-scale-factor to increase/decrease chrome dpi size.

I use this on my stream 7 so it's easier to use on the small screen.

I believe that fix is for chrome appearing too big. The issue I am having is that the text appears too small. As with the GUI. Thanks for the help though

[Seahorsepip Veteran]

I believe that fix is for chrome appearing too big. The issue I am having is that the text appears too small. As with the GUI. Thanks for the help though

It's for both, force-device-scale-factor bigger then 1 increases size and lower then 1 decreases size.

It changes the size of the UI and the webpages.

I as example set it to 1.5 on my tablet to increase the overall size.