Re: anaconda bad for high density displays and visual acuity below median

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Contextual presentation of selected Anaconda F21-TC2 screenshots:
http://fm.no-ip.com/SS/Fedora/anacondaSS-f21t2-InsDes-1200vr-132dpi.png
http://fm.no-ip.com/SS/Fedora/anacondaSS-f21t2-ManPar-1200vr-132dpi.png
http://fm.no-ip.com/SS/Fedora/anacondaSS-f21t2-SelDis-1200vr-132dpi.png
http://fm.no-ip.com/SS/Fedora/anacondaSS-f21t2-SofSel-1200vr-132dpi.png

1-display density is given as 132 DPI (137.5% of the industry yardstick that
is the basis for the CSS px unit definition, 96 DPI), modestly above whatever
"normal" might be, well below what display manufacturers and vendors describe
as "high resolution" or "high density", with names like "Retina" and
"UltraSharp".

2-The image viewer is displaying those images at 100% of intrinsic size on an
F21 installation on the same system and using the same displays on which
Anaconda was run for capturing most of the first group of images. The desktop
is personalized for this user, so you have the context of the system in
normal action, with menu text open, font settings open, Firefox open, and a
calculator utility, all for contextual comparison to the installation image.

3-Each image has a "yardstick", a tool you can use as a basis to adjust the
physical size of the image on your screen so that you can very closely
emulate the experience here trying to use Anaconda. All that's required of
you is to open each image in a viewer with which you can make the included 1"
image 25.4mm wide measuring it with a ruler on your screen.

So, regardless of your display's size or resolution or density, you can
emulate what is happening here, and know a major reason if not the biggest
reason why I don't like Anaconda. Notwithstanding its other attributes, it falls far short of being user friendly on the basis of its marginal legibility even at common display density, plus lack of any appreciable way (that I've been able to discover) to improve legibility.
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