Safari on iPad
One thing you could try for your mum - use the iPad in landscape mode! 
Yes, we discovered that! Slight improvement!
Also discovered that iPad will not bluetooth pair with iMac... What?
Among other things you can't do. Good job mum only wants it for email and catching up on news...
Also discovered that iPad will not bluetooth pair with iMac... What?
Among other things you can't do. Good job mum only wants it for email and catching up on news...
Sorry to come to this one late but have you considered using an alternate web browser? One I would recommend is Dolphin browser (the iPhone / iPod version has a text size option available in its settings, don't know if the iPad version differs from that) anyway it can't hurt to try it out. 
Or another thought, if it's just wanting to read the BBC news, get the News app and set the text size for articles to whatever is comfortable in the app.
Or another thought, if it's just wanting to read the BBC news, get the News app and set the text size for articles to whatever is comfortable in the app.
All apps are available to download from the App Store (browsers, games and any other stuff). There's no other way to install things on the iPad unless it's jailbroken but that's for the more adept in 'fiddling'.
Worra a palaver! Need to grumble...
Turns out the 'increase text size' on the iPad also screws up the page layout - div for the text stays same size so text runs into itself and becomes near unreadable. (Really?) So we had to get rid of that in order to sign-up for the AppleID to get into the App Store.
Jeez, the text is tiny on some of those pages, even with my reading glasses, and the finger-pinch thing doesn't work on them.
App Store timed out the session (it took a while for my elderly mum to get registered with 8 digit password she could remember, and answer all the 'just in case' questions, etc., etc. And write them down as she's unlikely to remember them.
Although (eventually) the page was saying 'sign-in' we had to leave the page to go to Mail to verify the addy... (Can't open two 'windows' on iPad?)
Had to use my email address as an alternative address - she only has the one.
She didn't want to give them her telephone number, so had to use mine. (I didn't want to give them my number either - but...)
At which point mum is exasperated with whole thing.
And me, too. Took up the best part of this evening.
Finally got the BBC News app, and 5live on the BBC RadioPlayer app.
BBC News app allows text size increase only in the content frame, its still unreadably small in the selection side bar - and the finger-pinch doesn't work on the app.
Manual said 'Messenger' was good for sending texts which my mum wanted to do, but gave up the installation as it required FaceBook login. (Neither of us want to go near that.)
Didn't get round to the Dolphin browser. Will have another go at that on my own another time.
Now have to read through the iPad manual again to find out what all those non-intuitive click-able items are everywhere.
So, wonder if I'll be back for another grumble when I get the Toshiba tablet I've been looking at...
def wont be buying an iPad!
Turns out the 'increase text size' on the iPad also screws up the page layout - div for the text stays same size so text runs into itself and becomes near unreadable. (Really?) So we had to get rid of that in order to sign-up for the AppleID to get into the App Store.
Jeez, the text is tiny on some of those pages, even with my reading glasses, and the finger-pinch thing doesn't work on them.
App Store timed out the session (it took a while for my elderly mum to get registered with 8 digit password she could remember, and answer all the 'just in case' questions, etc., etc. And write them down as she's unlikely to remember them.
Although (eventually) the page was saying 'sign-in' we had to leave the page to go to Mail to verify the addy... (Can't open two 'windows' on iPad?)
Had to use my email address as an alternative address - she only has the one.
She didn't want to give them her telephone number, so had to use mine. (I didn't want to give them my number either - but...)
At which point mum is exasperated with whole thing.
And me, too. Took up the best part of this evening.
Finally got the BBC News app, and 5live on the BBC RadioPlayer app.
BBC News app allows text size increase only in the content frame, its still unreadably small in the selection side bar - and the finger-pinch doesn't work on the app.
Manual said 'Messenger' was good for sending texts which my mum wanted to do, but gave up the installation as it required FaceBook login. (Neither of us want to go near that.)
Didn't get round to the Dolphin browser. Will have another go at that on my own another time.
Now have to read through the iPad manual again to find out what all those non-intuitive click-able items are everywhere.
So, wonder if I'll be back for another grumble when I get the Toshiba tablet I've been looking at...
def wont be buying an iPad!
Messages! Ok, I'll have another look at that. (Wants to send texts to my sister and grandkids.)
Tried to leave the phone number field blank when signing up for the Apple ID but it refused to proceed without it. (Yes, did select 'None' for payment option.)
I'll check the Accessibility settings.
From now I'll try to figure out these things on my own and give it back when its all sorted. (Ahem...)
What happens if you get a doc or pdf attachment from someone and click 'save', where does it go?
Don't tell me, iTunes or something! (I hope that was a joke...)
I also hope Microsoft are paying attention to all this and get smart - backtrack from the smotheringly corporate control avenue (which Apple once renounced in a famous anti-MS ad). Times change...
Thanks for you help
Tried to leave the phone number field blank when signing up for the Apple ID but it refused to proceed without it. (Yes, did select 'None' for payment option.)
I'll check the Accessibility settings.
From now I'll try to figure out these things on my own and give it back when its all sorted. (Ahem...)
What happens if you get a doc or pdf attachment from someone and click 'save', where does it go?
Don't tell me, iTunes or something! (I hope that was a joke...)
I also hope Microsoft are paying attention to all this and get smart - backtrack from the smotheringly corporate control avenue (which Apple once renounced in a famous anti-MS ad). Times change...
Thanks for you help
Wow, yes, FileApp looks like the biz. Bookmarked digidna and will try it later.
That 3-finger zoom thing in accessibility worked a treat apparently. M very happy with that. Easy.
She sends thanks + v grateful for your help (and
ing my grumbling probably!)
Now just need to show her how to send emails and we're on a roll
Will also look at Dolphin and Messages.
Brilliant, thankyou
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That 3-finger zoom thing in accessibility worked a treat apparently. M very happy with that. Easy.
She sends thanks + v grateful for your help (and
ing my grumbling probably!)Now just need to show her how to send emails and we're on a roll
Will also look at Dolphin and Messages.
Brilliant, thankyou
[edit - trying to change the subject text on this thread but can't figure out how to do it.]