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Why was this downvoted? This paragraph was one of the worst in the article. > Since Windows never had the font rendering problems that Apple did Uhm I cannot

Why was this downvoted? This paragraph was one of the worst in the article. > Since Windows never had the font rendering problems that Apple did Uhm I cannot reliably use windows with any sort of scaling. It's not as bad as linux, but it's still very bad. > Software maintainers too didn’t buy into the idea of massive code rewrites and UI tinkering to support DPIs other than 96 (on Windows)

foobarbazetc 8y ago
I presume the author downvoted me, which is fine. But that entire paragraph shows a misunderstanding of the Mac world — it’s just not accurate.
izacus 8y ago
> Uhm I cannot reliably use windows with any sort of scaling. It's not as bad as linux, but it's still very bad. That seems like a massive overexaggeration. While there are still rough edges, running Windows on my MacBooks retina screen has been just fine for majority of popular apps. Including mixed HiDPI/normal DPI use cases.
- supernovae 8y ago
  I agree, if people are still complaining about windows fonts the last version of windows they probably ran was vista. Windows has come a long way and the entire surface product line depends on beautiful font rendering on high dpi screens.
- mikewhy 8y ago
  Doesn't that just reiterate my point? "While there are still rough edges" == "I cannot reliably use windows with any sort of scaling" Take QGIS for example. It doesn't properly scale. On Windows you get an miniscule interface, on mac it's the same size as all other apps, just blurry. I'll take that any day.
ktjfi 8y ago
>Uhm I cannot reliably use windows with any sort of scaling. It's not as bad as linux, but it's still very bad. Why? Bad font rendering, or bad app scaling? I've found most if not all apps scale well. Some of them require you to go to compatibility settings and tell Windows that yes, the app can resize by itself. After you do that, they won't look blurry anymore. An example that comes to my mind is eMule. There are a few apps that won't scale well and widgets will look misaligned, but they are very, very rare.

foobarbazetc 8y ago

I presume the author downvoted me, which is fine. But that entire paragraph shows a misunderstanding of the Mac world — it’s just not accurate.

izacus 8y ago

> Uhm I cannot reliably use windows with any sort of scaling. It's not as bad as linux, but it's still very bad. That seems like a massive overexaggeration. While there are still rough edges, running Windows on my MacBooks retina screen has been just fine for majority of popular apps. Including mixed HiDPI/normal DPI use cases.

supernovae 8y ago
I agree, if people are still complaining about windows fonts the last version of windows they probably ran was vista. Windows has come a long way and the entire surface product line depends on beautiful font rendering on high dpi screens.
mikewhy 8y ago
Doesn't that just reiterate my point? "While there are still rough edges" == "I cannot reliably use windows with any sort of scaling" Take QGIS for example. It doesn't properly scale. On Windows you get an miniscule interface, on mac it's the same size as all other apps, just blurry. I'll take that any day.

ktjfi 8y ago

>Uhm I cannot reliably use windows with any sort of scaling. It's not as bad as linux, but it's still very bad. Why? Bad font rendering, or bad app scaling? I've found most if not all apps scale well. Some of them require you to go to compatibility settings and tell Windows that yes, the app can resize by itself. After you do that, they won't look blurry anymore. An example that comes to my mind is eMule. There are a few apps that won't scale well and widgets will look misaligned, but they are very, very rare.