Contains a comparison of key features and a series of screen shots of menus
Options |
Firefox |
Safari |
Chrome |
Opera |
---|---|---|---|---|
Default or "Standard" font |
Times 16 |
Times 16 |
(unsaid Times 16) |
Times 16 |
Default text colour |
black |
(unsaid black) |
(unsaid black) |
(unsaid black) |
Default background colour |
white |
white, permanent |
white, permanent |
white |
Default unvisited link colour |
blue |
blue |
blue |
blue |
Default visited link colour |
purple |
purple |
purple |
purple |
Multiple menus (e.g. simple vs advanced) |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
Option to use system colours |
default is inactive |
NA |
via add-on |
can select native MacOS skin |
Underline links option |
default is active |
NA |
via add-on |
default is active |
Allow pages to choose their own colours to override the default settings |
default is active |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Fonts for different languages |
yes |
yes |
yes |
uncertain |
Serif font |
Times 16 |
Times 16 |
Times 16 |
Times 16 |
Sans-serif font |
Helvetica 16 |
NA |
Helvetica 16 |
NA |
Monospace font |
Courier 13 |
Courier 13 |
Courier 13 |
Monaco 16 |
Minimum font size range |
9 to 24 |
9 to 24 (need to activate min. font size function) |
via add-on |
NA |
General font size range |
9 to 72 |
9 to 288 |
9 to 288 |
8 to 72 |
Font thickness |
no options |
no options |
regular, bold |
light, normal, bold |
Font styling (italics etc.) |
no options |
no options |
various |
various |
Preview pane |
none |
yes |
yes |
yes |
Font colour options |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
Reset to default option |
none |
none |
yes |
none |
Tab highlight options |
none |
yes |
yes |
none |
Custom style sheet support |
no |
yes |
via add-on |
yes |
Show or hide images option |
"load images automatically" on/off option |
no options |
yes |
yes |
Enable/disable animated images option |
no options |
no options |
might be included in show/hide images |
yes |
Enable/disable sound in webpages option |
no options |
no options |
no options |
yes |
Translation options |
via add-ons |
via extensions |
yes |
none |
Themes/skins for browsers |
yes |
via extensions |
yes |
yes |
Icon size adjustment |
only possible to scale down |
no options |
no options |
yes |
Page zoom in options menu |
no |
no |
no |
yes |
Readability functions |
via add-on |
built into Safari 5, auto detects compatible articles |
via add-on |
uncertain (extension under development) |
IE6
http://www.grandandtoy.com/sites/GT/FindUs/locations.aspx?code=bc_on#to
http://www.microsoft.com/enable/training/ie6/default.aspx
IE7
http://www.microsoft.com/enable/training/ie7/default.aspx
http://www.microsoft.com/enable/products/ie7/
IE8
http://www.microsoft.com/enable/training/ie8/default.aspx
For Mac, UI Options are located under Firefox > Preferences > Content tab > Fonts & Colours section:
Advanced pane:
Colours pane:
For Mac, UI Options are located in a couple of places:
Standard font options pane with existing default settings shown:
Fixed width font options pane with existing default settings shown:
Note: font size slider bar increases as you slide it up, while font size numbers in the scrollable menu beside it increase as you scroll down.
For Mac, UI Options are located in a few places:
Under font settings, defaults are shown with a preview:
For each font setting, clicking "change" will pull up this menu that shows the default settings for each:
similar for sans-serif and fixed-width:
For Mac, UI Options are located in a few places:
Skins and colour schemes can be customized:
Webpage content display can be customized:
Font panels:
Colours panel:
Animated images, sound, interactive features can be customized:
note: "style options" offers ways to customize the browser itself and also load custom style sheets.