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Re: OT: just some laptop complaining

From "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-11
Subject Re: OT: just some laptop complaining
Date 2026-07-02 21:59 -0400
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On 7/2/26 9:51 PM, Alan K. wrote:
> On 7/2/26 6:01 PM, T wrote:
>> Is it just me, or have you guys had a lot of people
>> who want laptops but then when they get them, what
>> fonts so big that web pages have a hard time rendering?
>> To the point of being almost unusable?
>>
>> AAAAAHHHHH !!!!!
> Not trying to make a windows/linux feud, but in Linux I'm able to make the default font
> larger irrespective of the remainder of the UI.  So web pages look the same.  But menus
> are larger etc.  It's one of the reasons I stay with Linux.  I can liberally adjust things
> I couldn't in Windows.
> 
However on the other side of things, my wife has windows 11 and rather than scale the 
fonts large (fonts specifically), she adjusted the desktop resolution down to 1366x768 
(from 1920x1080).  I hate it, but she couldn't see anything in Quicken or Word, (her go to 
software).

I find it a sad state that MS seems to know that things are too small, that's why they 
recommend 125% or 150% scaling.  Rather than leave a HDPI resolution but scale up the UI 
alone.

Maybe I'm not savvy enough but it just seems wrong. With the post war baby-boomers coming 
older and eye sight not 20-20 you'd think things like that would be a design to look into.

-- 
Mint 22.3,  Thunderbird 140.12.0esr,  Firefox 152.0.4
     Alan K.

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OT: just some laptop complaining T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-02 15:01 -0700
  Re: OT: just some laptop complaining "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2026-07-02 21:51 -0400
    Re: OT: just some laptop complaining "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2026-07-02 21:59 -0400
    Re: OT: just some laptop complaining T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-02 20:09 -0700
  Re: OT: just some laptop complaining "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-07-03 11:35 +0800
  Re: OT: just some laptop complaining Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-07-03 08:01 +0100
  Re: OT: just some laptop complaining Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-07-03 05:13 -0400
  Re: OT: just some laptop complaining "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-07-03 16:36 +0200
    Re: OT: just some laptop complaining "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-07-03 23:45 +0800
    Re: OT: just some laptop complaining T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-03 13:50 -0700
      Re: OT: just some laptop complaining ... Ghosts? Magic? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-07-04 13:08 +0800
      Re: OT: just some laptop complaining "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-07-04 22:09 +0200
        Re: OT: just some laptop complaining T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-05 13:38 -0700
          Re: OT: just some laptop complaining rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-07-06 00:50 +0000
            Re: OT: just some laptop complaining T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-05 20:18 -0700
              Re: OT: just some laptop complaining rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-07-06 03:51 +0000
                Re: OT: just some laptop complaining T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-05 22:20 -0700
                Re: OT: just some laptop complaining rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-07-06 19:35 +0000
                Re: OT: just some laptop complaining "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2026-07-06 15:47 -0400
                Re: OT: just some laptop complaining "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-07-06 22:02 +0200
                Re: OT: just some laptop complaining "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-07-06 22:28 +0200
                Re: OT: just some laptop complaining "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2026-07-06 17:36 -0400
                Re: OT: just some laptop complaining "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-07-07 08:35 +0200
                Re: OT: just some laptop complaining rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-07-07 04:28 +0000
          Re: OT: just some laptop complaining "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-07-06 17:57 +0200
            Re: OT: just some laptop complaining T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-06 13:27 -0700
    Re: OT: just some laptop complaining Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2026-07-04 23:54 +1000
      Re: OT: just some laptop complaining "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-07-04 22:10 +0200
        Re: OT: just some laptop complaining Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2026-07-05 21:48 +1000
          Re: OT: just some laptop complaining "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-07-05 19:28 +0200
    Re: OT: just ... "lager" <-- larger!! spelling mistae? typing? beer??? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-07-04 22:28 +0800
      Re: OT: just ... "lager" <-- larger!! spelling mistae? typing? beer??? Sam E <no.email@here.invalid> - 2026-07-05 15:49 +0000
        Re: OT: just ... "lager" <-- larger!! spelling mistae? typing? beer??? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-07-06 10:01 +0800
          Re: OT: just ... "lager" <-- larger!! spelling mistae? typing? beer??? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-07-06 11:46 +0800
      Re: OT: just ... "lager" <-- larger!! spelling mistae? typing? beer??? snipeco.2@gmail.com (Darth Wader) - 2026-07-06 03:14 +0100

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