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Feoh Jul 10, 2023

Partially blind guy here with an #a11y PSA:

I'm seing a trend away from "Text Size" sliders or old fashioned font dialogs and towards a few set choices "Default", "Large","Larger", etc.

This is a HUGE step backwards. Your 'larger' is *never* large enough for my crazy busted eyeballs when I'm using my 34" monitor.

If you must do this, please be sure to add "Largest" and even "ZOMG ARE YOU SERIOUS LARGE" options. Some of us REALLY need them, even if it seems insane to you.

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lilo Jul 10, 2023

@feoh From your perspective, do these buttons or sliders have any advantage over the standard builtin function of browsers to zoom into a page (and designing a website so that this zooming in does not break the layout)?

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Feoh Jul 10, 2023

@lilo I guess I don't understand the question.

I'm talking about native apps, not web pages, so maybe you're saying everything should be an Electron app or something so we can web zoom on anything?

Most operating systems also offer the option to zoom part of the screen, but have you ever tried LIVING like that? It's a misery.

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Jernej Simončič �

@feoh @lilo For native apps, can you use the OS DPI settings? I don't know if you use Windows, but Windows 10 made high DPI support much better, including for old programs that normally didn't work well with anything other than 100% (right-click such program icon, go to Properties → Compatibility tab and in High DPI Settings try the [nonsensically-named] "System (Enhanced)" option if the program has trouble running when you set anything higher than 100% DPI).