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The text size is too small to read, and I'm tired of having to use 'Cntrl+' on just about any new tab I open. Is there a way to enlage the default text size the tab opens up to?

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Every time I update Firefox, it 'helpfully' resizes everything to a smaller size. (grr) How do reset the default text size and tabs so I don't have to use 'cntrl+ every time I open a new tab?

Every time I update Firefox, it 'helpfully' resizes everything to a smaller size. (grr) How do reset the default text size and tabs so I don't have to use 'cntrl+ every time I open a new tab?

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You can use one of these extensions to set a default font size and page zoom on web pages:

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I've already tried that. Neither did anything for me. Any other suggestions?

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Each of those two extensions allow to set a default (global) zoom setting via their options that is used on all websites.