The Xfce project has released the first beta in the 4.4 release cycle. "Xfce 4.4 beta1 (4.3.90.1) is now available for download. Xfce 4.4 features new tools such as the much anticipated 'Thunar' file manager as well as several huge improvements of its core components."
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Member since:2005-11-14
You know, that's the first thing I noticed about the KDE live CD. The fonts are huge. And I bet some anonymous GNU UI expert reasons this as 'enhanced readability.'
Flamebait comments came to your mind before technical explanations. Typical.
But the words are SO big that, at 1024x768, part of most words scale my eye-perception span, and they end up actually being harder to read as my eye has to move several times over each word instead of over groups of words.
I should post that to some mailing list somewhere...
You should rather setup your font size differently, now that that your monitor DPI are correctly used.
Member since:2005-07-06
How does the manner in which the parent made his comments change the facts at all? A lot of GNOME/KDE distros like to use huge fonts.
I suspect it's because Linux's/X's/whatever font smoothing really sucks for small fonts, and the devs know this, and they're just covering it up by using big fonts.
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2005-08-12
You know, that's the first thing I noticed about the KDE live CD. The fonts are huge. And I bet some anonymous GNU UI expert reasons this as 'enhanced readability.' But the words are SO big that, at 1024x768, part of most words scale my eye-perception span, and they end up actually being harder to read as my eye has to move several times over each word instead of over groups of words.
I should post that to some mailing list somewhere...