146491 - text zoom with mouse wheel is backwards

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 141476

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[Andrew Pimlott]

I think whoever implemented text zoom with the mouse wheel was playing a joke. 
Scrolling down makes the text... larger!  It seems obvious to me that up should
be larger, and down should be smaller.

Comment 1

[Hansoo Kim]

I am pretty sure there is a good reason for this.

One thing I can think about is that IE does the same way.

Apperently MS spends its fortune money on GUI interaction to see if it makes 
sense. As much as I don't like MS monopoly, I am convinced with their research 
on GUI Interaction.

Then again, just my opinion.... =(

Comment 2

[Ariel Arjona]

I agree. Up should be bigger, down smaller.
It should be a configurable option though, for people accostumed to MS's twisted
way of thinking ;)

Comment 3

[Doug]

"MS's twisted way of thinking" is more twisted than you think. In Internet
Explorer ctrl-scroll-up makes text smaller, but in Microsoft Office (Word,
Excel, etc.) ctrl-scroll-up makes things BIGGER. Why? I don't know. But I vote
for up=bigger, down=smaller. It just makes sense.

Comment 4

[R.K.Aa.]

this should probably go into bug 37139

Comment 5

[R.K.Aa.]

it's a dup.. what a pity. I agree the current behaviour is un-intuitive.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 141476 ***

Comment 6

[R.K.Aa.]

Please move your votes to bug 141476

Comment 7

[:deanis74]

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