Hi everyone. Weird Zoom in Safari

Hi everyone.
Something weird is going on with Safari where suddenly and unexpectedly, it will ZOOM in.
At first I thought it was the new scrolling, three finger swiping, etc that Lion has but I cannot get my Magic Mouse to zoom in or out at any time, without holding the command key, just as before with Snow Leopard.
Also, when it has super zoomed, the Command Key + Magic Mouse function will not zoom it out again.
So either Safari 5.1 or Lion has a bug, or I'm doing it with my Magic Mouse but I don't know what I'm doing!
Anyone shed some light or anyone suffering the same problem? It makes filling out forms on most sites impossible. I am using Mozilla for most browsing now.''

It sounds like the new Lion feature of "smart zoom" only a few programs support it but Safari is one of them.
A double tab with one finger will zoom and another double tap will unzoom.
Regards,
Captfred

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