iMac Viewing Issue

I have used only PCs for the last 16 years, having owned a Mac IIcx prior to that. I just bought a 24" iMac, and I must admit the display is beautiful.

HOWEVER, I have a major problem with the conflict of screen size, resolution, and the size of text on the screen.

I am running the monitor at native resolution (1920 x 1200), and that makes everything TINY on most pages. The Internet pages can be helped by using (Command - +), but there seems to be no way to fix the problem with pages in applications. Quicken/Mac is particularly annoying in that, unlike the Windows version of Quicken, the fonts can NOT be changed or resized.

Questions:
1. Does everyone else run at a reduced resolution, or do they just develop eyestrain?
2. Is there a simple solution this novice hasn't found yet?
3. Any suggestions (Please don't tell me to go back to my PC.)

Would greatly appreciate any comments.

 

I am running Safari, but I understand that some users are running Firefox under the MAC OS.

Control+Scroll does help. Thanks for the tip.

 

I did manage to fix the problem on the Internet pages.

Under Safari > preferences > advanced

I found a place to set minimum font sizes. This works perfectly for all the web sites I have checked.

The problem with small fonts in applications lies with the publisher of a given application. I think I mentioned earlier that Intuit provides for font selection in Quicken/Windows but provides no such option in Quicken/Mac.

On that subject . . . I think Intuit does not support Mac very well.