Jiggy widescreen display using IE

It has come to our attention that the default settings on some new Laptops (ex. Dell Latitude D810) causes display problems when browsing numerous web sites using the Internet Explorer 6. For AME Info specifically it means the right-hand navigation moves below the page as the text becomes too wide and most graphics looks jiggy - even on dell.com

Dell has been delivering the high resolution (WSXGA+ or WUXGA, at least) with the "DPI" bumped up to 120 (from a normal 96dpi) to try and make 'fine print' larger.

Internet Explorer 6 and later automatically adjusts the scale on higher resolution systems when the dpi setting is higher than 96 dpi and the "UseHR" registry value is added to the registry.

These are usually done by the manufacturers of higher resolution systems.

Firefox does a much better job of 'font scaling' than IE6.

These are the steps for changing the dpi setting on your system:
1. Right-click the Windows desktop to display the context menu.

2. Click Properties on the context menu to display the Display Properties dialog.

3. Click the Settings tab on the Display Properties dialog to display the Settings tab.

4. Click the Advanced button on the Settings tab to display the monitor properties dialog.

5. Select a dpi setting in the Display frame of the monitor properties dialog to change the dpi setting.

6. Restart your system to allow the changes to take effect. ..."

The problem appears to be resolved in the upcoming IE7 - which is currently available as beta2 or you can download Firefox