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Re:Open-Sourcing our Firmware by gorjusborg on Friday January 21, 2022 @04:30PM (#30030246)
Especially on a 13" screen. I have an XPS 13 with a 4k screen and I never use it at native resolution undocked because I'd need a magnifying glass to read anything on it.
Re:Open-Sourcing our Firmware by toastal on Saturday January 22, 2022 @04:04AM (#30034994)
That's been the unfortunate part: "do you want 4K or 1080?" has been the question for the longest part without consideration that many people want something in between--hiDPI without going into sizing where you can't tell the different. I have only had 4K screens (15", 14", & 13") since 2015 and can't handle 1080, but I don't want the wasted battery from 4K on smaller sizes.
Re:Open-Sourcing our Firmware by sneak on Friday January 21, 2022 @04:32PM (#30030270)
You're always using it at native resolution, you're just adjusting your renderer settings.

Nobody's saying your fonts should be tiny. I'm saying they should be rendered in high resolution.

I have the same computer and display. I run it at 4k native but nothing is small, no magnifying glass required.

Re:Open-Sourcing our Firmware by gorjusborg on Friday January 21, 2022 @05:48PM (#30030959)
> You're always using it at native resolution, you're just adjusting your renderer settings.

No, when I wrote 'native resolution' I meant 1:1 pixel mapping, which is pretty obvious by context. Nobody has a laptop with a CRT on it these days.