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The Opera and Internet Explorer implementations are almost identical to each other and are superior to Firefox, but both fail on point 3:<br> | The Opera and Internet Explorer implementations are almost identical to each other and are superior to Firefox, but both fail on point 3:<br> | ||
[[Image:Opera zoom.png]] [[Image:IE zoom.png]][[Image: | [[Image:Opera zoom.png]] [[Image:IE zoom.png]][[Image:Chrome zoom.png|right|211x319px|Chrome zoom.png]] | ||
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The implementation in Chrome (right), whilst being better than the FF3 implementation in actually displaying the current zoom level, is still a major fail, being inferior to both Internet Explorer or Opera implementations because it is hidden in a menu. It also has no easy way to reset or jump quickly to a much larger zoom level.<br> | The implementation in Chrome (right), whilst being better than the FF3 implementation in actually displaying the current zoom level, is still a major fail, being inferior to both Internet Explorer or Opera implementations because it is hidden in a menu. It also has no easy way to reset or jump quickly to a much larger zoom level.<br> | ||
<br> <br> | <br> <br> The Apple Safari zoom control is the same menu-buried affair as in Firefox 3 and is equally as terrible. The Apple implementations in Finder and iPhoto have a nice slider but fail on point 1, 3 and 5 (specially 1 - not displaying current zoom percentages: [[Image:OSX finder zoom.png|left|OSX finder zoom.png]] [[Image:IPhoto zoom.png|left|IPhoto zoom.png]] <br> | ||
The Apple Safari zoom control is the same menu-buried affair as in Firefox 3 and is equally as terrible. The Apple implementations in Finder and iPhoto have a nice slider but fail on point 1, 3 and 5 (specially 1 - not displaying current zoom percentages: | |||
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A well-designed zoom control/status is the one found in modern versions of MS Office and Windows Live Photo Gallery: [[Image:Excel2010 views.png|268x119px]] [[Image:Word2010 views.png|left|309x90px|Word2010 views.png]]<br> [[Image:Wlpg zoom.png|left|264x110px|Wlpg zoom.png]] [[Image:Visio2010 views.png|left|257x105px|Visio2010 views.png]]<br> [[Image:Powerpoint2010 views.png|left|281x108px|Powerpoint2010 views.png]] <br> | |||
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[[Image:Windows photo viewer zoom.png]] | <br> [[Image:Windows photo viewer zoom.png]] | ||
[[Image:Several tabs on top reduced tab height no statusbar with zoom` and download.png]] | [[Image:Several tabs on top reduced tab height no statusbar with zoom` and download.png]] | ||