Big.com Web Magnifier Puts an End to the Squinting and Straining When Reading Small Type on the Web; Millions of People Who Struggle to Read Computer Screens Can Now Have Access to the Internet.PASADENA, Calif. -- Big.com - a new search engine developed to deliver search results to users in a large, easy to read format - today announces the immediate availability of the Big.com Web Magnifier. Available from http://www.big.com/toolbar as a free, downloadable toolbar A row or column of on-screen buttons used to activate functions in the application. Many toolbars are customizable, letting you add and delete buttons as required. Toolbars may be fixed in position or may float, which means they can be dragged to a more convenient location in the for use with Internet Explorer Microsoft's Web browser, which comes with Windows starting with Windows 98. Commonly called "IE," versions for Mac and Unix are also available. Internet Explorer is the most widely used Web browser on the market. It has also been the browser engine in AOL's Internet access software. web browsers The following is a list of web browsers. Historical Historically important browsers In order of release:
in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. web page for easier reading and navigation. The trend of decreasing font sizes in web design has made navigating the web an increasingly difficult task for many Internet users. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the American Council of the Blind The American Council of the Blind (ACB) is a nation wide organization in the United States. It is an organization mainly made up of blind and visually-impaired people who want to achieve independence and equality (although there are many sighted members with common aims). , nearly 8 million Americans are unable to read regular print even with reading glasses, and the number is expected to grow as the population ages. Not just for web users with impaired vision, Web Magnifier can also be useful when reading the fine print of an online contest or a site's privacy policy - both of which are typically displayed in smaller front sizes - or to simply increase the size of a photo to reveal more detail. "Whether it's for design reasons or space constraints on a given page, text and images on the web seem to be getting smaller and smaller," said Tom McGovern, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Big.com. "With the Big.com Web Magnifier, we hope to give users' eyes much needed relief and allow them to enjoy the web in a way that works better for them." Web Magnifier sits as a toolbar at the top of a user's screen and contains a Big.com search box for immediate web searches as well as 3 buttons for the various levels of magnification - normal, big and bigger. Once a page is magnified to the desired level, Web Magnifier remembers the setting and automatically adjusts the magnification on subsequent visits to the page. Additionally, the toolbar itself can be displayed in large and standard sizes. System Requirements To be used efficiently, all computer software needs certain hardware components or other software resources to be present on a computer system. These pre-requisites are known as (computer) system requirements and are often used as a guideline as opposed to an absolute rule. System requirements for the Big.com Web Magnifier include Microsoft Windows 2000/XP, Internet Explorer 6.0, 1MB hard drive space and 128 MB of RAM. About Big.com Big.com is a service of Perfect Market Technologies, Inc., and is dedicated to providing an easy-to-view web experience through its large-format search engine and its Web Magnifier toolbar for Internet Explorer. Based in Pasadena, CA, Perfect Market is a network company of Idealab, a creator and operator of technology businesses. http://www.big.com All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. (C) 2006 All rights reserved. |
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