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Old 02-03-2025, 12:39 PM   #2386
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Originally Posted by Renate View Post
If there were only a button: "Make the styling like Windows XP"...
You still can't get sharp corners on Windows unless you break the system transparency.
You can on Linux Mint with Mate Desktop. Also Only QT based programs go a little mad with hidpi.
But with QT you can do this
Code:
 /usr/bin/env QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR=0 QT_SCALE_FACTOR=1.33 /opt/viber/Viber %u
My 2002 laptop was 133 dpi (1600 x 1200) and XP had more flexible DPI settings than W10, has for text, except VB6.0 or similar ONLY rescale text, not the graphic elements.
Also one use of DPI scaling is to make windows smaller so they fit on a 1024 x 600 or whatever less than 1920 x 1080 screen.

Nor do I want the GUI to automatically do the Apple Retina thing of 2x2 pixels per pixel just because it's a 4K mode (OR QHD on a smaller screen_. Depends on screen size, view distance, eyesight and application.

How many stupid TV / Media centre type apps have I seen on Windows since 2000 that assume you are 2m away from a 14" screen instead of using a 19" screen on your desk AND HAVE NO GUI settings to change this? OTOH Android TV seems designed by someone at a desk, not a living room, who never watches TV channels or selects a video input but ALWAYS want to run an App when the TV is turned on? Yet remote has dedicated buttons no use if TV never on WiFi/ethernet but no direct access to Aspect Ratio or Station Info?
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