throwie

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1. 1.▲
   by throwie 5y ago

   Yes, but (a) there’s too much software I still use that isn’t hi-DPI capable, and (b) I use a 1920x1200 display so would lose 10% vertical height, which is quite significant. It’s all a question of trade-offs of course
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   by throwie 5y ago

   Regarding the search highlight color, Firefox has the (mis)feature that if the highlight background color is too close to the text background color (which is the case for yellow vs. white background), then it inverts the search highlight te
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   by throwie 5y ago

   Thanks. Now that I looked into it again, the issue I have is not just the Duplicate Tab feature, but that opening a link in a new tab or window clears the history of that new tab/window instead of cloning the history of the source tab.
4. 4.▲
   by throwie 5y ago

   To be fair, on IE it doesn't clone the entire window, just the current tab into a new window. Still, that's my main use case, and AFAICT it's not possible in Firefox by keyboard or even with a single mouse action.
5. 5.▲
   by throwie 5y ago

   Thanks. Yes, I tried all possible parameters for font rendering in Firefox. For some reason none of them match the sharpness of the IE rendering.
6. 6.▲
   by throwie 5y ago

   Thanks. The main problem is that there doesn't seem to be a way to access it by keyboard. Secondly, it's also not possible to convert a tab to a separate window by keyboard. So what is a single keypress on IE becomes a cumbersome
7. 7.▲
   by throwie 5y ago

   Is there a page somewhere that explains what it does? I’m not a particular fan of macOS font rendering though.
8. 8.▲
   by throwie 5y ago

   I still use IE as my default browser (and Firefox as a fallback), for the following reasons: – The font rendering works better for my eyesight. – Killer feature: Ctrl+N/K clones the browser window/tab including the history. I.e.