Em Qui, 2011-10-06 às 08:21 -0400, Simo Sorce escreveu: > On Thu, 2011-10-06 at 13:06 +0200, Nicolas Mailhot wrote: > > Le Mer 5 octobre 2011 21:44, Simo Sorce a écrit : > > > > > Are you saying fonts should change on the fly when I move an app between > > > 2 monitors that have different DPIs ? > > > > Unfortunately, when you get into situations with more than 150% difference in > > pixel densities between displays (as we've been creeping towards in the last > > decade) that's the only way to display text the user will be able to read. > > > > You can check it now easily, just get a run-of-the-mill full-hd 15" laptop > > (not even a tiny netbook), a run-of-the-mill 22" or more screen (nothing > > especially uncommon either), create an extended desktop with both screens and > > try to set a satisfying font size. I defy you to find a setting that won't > > look way too small or way too big on one of the screens. And it won't matter > > if the user likes small or big fonts. > > Nicolas I am aware of the issue, but I am also aware of the technical > difficulties in doing something like that. > It's not possible today and I am not sure it will be in the near future. > > So currently the only option is to tell the user that we do not support > multiple displays where pixel density varies by moire than 10% between > them. > > I would even go as far as saying that by default gnome should refuse to > let you join together screens of so high difference in density except we > cannot trust the HW info apparently, so all we are left with is a bad > user experience. > Please don't. I extend my 11" laptop on a 32" TV and despite poor readability of regular fonts it still works just fine for what I need - movie playback, photo viewing, PDF presentations, etc. -- Evandro -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
