Just because I have a vertical screen doesn’t mean I’m on a phone

Re:Just because I have a vertical screen doesn’t mean I’m on... by samatman on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @06:11PM (#26008342)

Without accusing you of any -isms, OP merely said that, given how far they sit from the screen, the font is too small.

You conflated that with sitting too far away. There are a lot of reasons why that might not be correct, including presbyopia. I think it's unlikely OP is sitting at that distance by accident, since it's pretty easy to move a monitor closer, so one of those reasons is more likely to apply than is your assumption.

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Re:Just because I have a vertical screen doesn’t mean I’m on... by contravariant on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @08:17PM (#26009447)

Since tone carries very badly let me say up front that I'm mostly just confused by this entire discussion.

For now I stand by my assumption that OP wanted the fonts to be bigger because they were too far from the screen to read them at their current size. Though I fear I can't see why their reason for wanting fonts to be bigger would matter. I could have omitted OP's reason for wanting the fonts to be bigger but I thought a brief description would help keep the discussion related to the article.

The main thing I was advocating was that software should allow fonts to be bigger regardless of physical size, but clearly I've somehow allowed my argument to be horribly misconstrued.

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