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I'm currently using Windows 10, and it handles mismatched DPI just fine. The same with macOS. There are some old applications on Windows that aren't DPI-aware
by 0x457 3y ago
I'm currently using Windows 10, and it handles mismatched DPI just fine. The same with macOS.
There are some old applications on Windows that aren't DPI-aware and look weird, but usually fixable. It's still a million times better than whatever X11 does.
IMO macOS is the only OS where graphics and fonts work the exact way one would expect reliably.
- PaulDavisThe1st 3y agoLast line I agree with. The rest, not so much. Applications work only if they do the right thing. Applications could do the right thing on X11 too. They don't just like the "old" applications on Windows. Anyway, you've dragged this away from the general points: issues with Linux GUI toolkits have little to do with XWindow, and Apple's GUI toolkits have had to evolve just as the Linux ones have.
- 0x457 3y agoI may have outdated infor, but last time I checked on X11 apps while they could be DPI-aware, they don't handle mismatched DPI well - I had to choose between everything being small on my 4k screen or everything is blurry on my 1440p screen. I've hard-coded some DPI settings for certain apps that I always display on the same monitor. Meanwhile, I have zero issues with the same pair of monitors on Windows and macOS. I daily drive all 3 of them.