quipper

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by quipper 8y ago
Gutenberg converts tasks that used to take 2-3 clicks into 10-20 click tasks, or even worse makes them impossible altogether. What is with catering to the worst and most clueless users only? We need more than that. We deserve more than that
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by quipper 8y ago
I confirmed that the issue still exists by installing Mojave beta. The fonts looks terrible -- very thin and blurry.
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by quipper 8y ago
You might not need it. I do.
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by quipper 8y ago
I hope it is a bug. If the weight were the same, it'd at least perhaps be tolerable on a Retina screen. I know the technical reasons, but I just don't understand why Apple can't leave it alone for desktop systems.
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by quipper 8y ago
Those screenshots were both in Waterfox. I also tried in Safari (didn't take any shots, though) and the fonts looked identically bad in that browser as well. The normal UI's fonts are also worse -- about the same as the browser sc
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by quipper 8y ago
Screenshots available below. This is the only screenshot I took beforehand, so sorry it has some cursing in it: http://www.technologyasnature.com/screenshot-comparison
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by quipper 8y ago
I know Mojave doesn't ship with subpixel anti-aliasing. That is my whole complaint. My point was if that box is checked in Mojave (that is, greyscale anti-aliasing is on) the fonts still look atrocious. Sorry if that was not clear.
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by quipper 8y ago
Thanks for that detailed response. I last used Linux full-time as my main machine in 2009 or so. It has indeed been a while. Good to know that it has improved since that time.
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by quipper 8y ago
In other news, how is Linux's sub-pixel anti-aliasing lately? I haven't used it in years, and never on a 4K or above display. Since I will now be switching off Mac, Linux is looking likely again. It will probably be two 27" 4
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by quipper 8y ago
Greyscale anti-aliasing is far inferior to sub-pixel. The fonts look much worse. BTW, I did install Mojave beta and the fonts look just terrible even on a Retina display. Shockingly bad. I can't believe Apple is doing this. I just boug
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by quipper 8y ago
Mojave beta installed, and the fonts look equally atrocious. They are blurry, indistinct...and just bad. One of the reasons I bought a 5K iMac (three of them, actually) was to have great fonts. I am beyond angry that I will now have to sell
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by quipper 8y ago
I installed Mojave beta on my MacBook Pro. It is the same thing. The fonts look identical to toggling off the setting "Use LCD font smoothing when available" in High Sierra. And by the same thing, I mean they look very bad in Moja
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by quipper 8y ago
I just installed the Mojave beta on my Macbook Pro. The fonts are just as blurry as if I toggle off "Use LCD font smoothing when available" in High Sierra. So the contention that it won't be the same in Mojave is disproven. E
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by quipper 8y ago
Downloading the beta now, but have seen screenshots of both (here and elsewhere).
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by quipper 8y ago
Thanks. The fonts are noticeably blurrier/less defined in the Mojave capture.
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by quipper 8y ago
You can simulate this by going to System Preferences-->General-->Use LCD Font Smoothing When Available and unchecking it. It also makes Retina-class devices look far worse. The fonts on my 5K iMac became much less readable after this
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by quipper 8y ago
It does affect Retina devices. That's the whole point. I made the same change that Apple is going to make and the fonts looked far worse (almost unreadable). You can observe the same if you have an Apple device by going to: System Pref
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by quipper 8y ago
Signed up for HN (again) just to vent about this terrible news. This is a change that will be hard for me to live with, and I will probably end up selling all my Apple gear. This is the same change/downgrade that occurs if you go to Sy