# Can I increase how much post "preview" I can see?

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**Created:** [December 22, 2004, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-increase-how-much-post-preview-i-can-see/281159 "2004-12-22T15:06:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2004, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-increase-how-much-post-preview-i-can-see/281159/1 "2004-12-22T15:06:22Z")

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I have dialup connection, so I have to be picky which posts I look at for time limitation reasons. Preview helps me determine whether I’m going to want to click on the link or not. Recently I discovered that if I right-click the link and look at Properties, I can see a lot more of the post then the preview window shows. Is there a default I can set (in Netscape) to expand my preview window to show as much information as possible?

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**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2004, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-increase-how-much-post-preview-i-can-see/281159/2 "2004-12-22T18:19:07Z")

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_bump_

Using Netscape 7.2. Also see a truncated preview. In IE I can see entire preview, but I do not like IE.

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**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2004, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-increase-how-much-post-preview-i-can-see/281159/3 "2004-12-22T18:42:57Z")

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Off to ATMB.

**DrMatrix** - GQ Moderator

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**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-increase-how-much-post-preview-i-can-see/281159/4 "2004-12-23T00:44:35Z")

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> [@vetbridge](#):
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> _bump_
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> Using Netscape 7.2. Also see a truncated preview. In IE I can see entire preview, but I do not like IE.

Do you like Firefox? There is an extension for Firefox that will let you see the full preview. Can’t help you with Netscape, though.

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**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-increase-how-much-post-preview-i-can-see/281159/5 "2004-12-23T13:12:37Z")

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if you want to save dialup time, try loading all threads that you might be interested in in new windows at one go. start reading and log off when everything’s loaded.