jg1iMar 19, 2024

Framework vs Dell display comparison

https://lemmy.world/post/13280551

Framework vs Dell display comparison - Lemmy.World

In 2024, with GNOME 45, Wayland, and 1.25 fractional scaling, regular DPI displays still look better than HiDPI displays. This is a photo of Discord on two laptops side by side. The blurry one is the HiDPI display from Framework. The sharp one is a regular DPI display from Dell. Both laptops. The difference is even more stark in person. Even the screenshots from the Framework are blurrier than the screen shots from the Dell.

Show threadPasta DentalMar 19, 2024
This is an Xwayland and Electron issue, not a Discord or Gnome or a Display issue. This is because Electron under Xwayland (and also somewhat under Wayland) doesn’t behave well with fractional scaling. If you want a true comparison, try opening Discord on Firefox with Wayland. It will be night and day in terms of sharpness compared to regular DPI displays
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It’s also posaible to open Discord with Wayland directly by editing the exec command in the .desktop file. Can’t remember what it was ofd the top of my head, but it’s the same for all electron apps.
Mar 19, 2024 at 9:00amWeb
Show threadalldreadmeMar 19, 2024
It when’s but as soon as I close it to the tray, it’ll crash
Show thread30p87Mar 19, 2024
For me, many electron apps (especially Discord and Spotify) start to spasm out with this. As in, they open blank windows and can’t be focused etc. So using spotify-player in foot and canary.discord.com in FF Nightly is the only option.
Show threadPasta DentalMar 19, 2024
Discord is best enjoyed in Firefox with uBlock origin anyways, I find it faster and it can’t spy on your entire computer!!
Show thread30p87Mar 19, 2024
Also with Vencord (Which is not in the Mozilla addon store anymore unfortunately, so you’ll need to use Tampermonkey or FF Nightly/Dev and compile the extension yourself). Then add an Adblock theme to hide all the premium trash you can get for free with Vencord and voilá, you have yourself a usable, still spying and not E2EE, messenger.
Show threadSteveTechMar 19, 2024

Add –ozone-platform-hint=auto to the command, I’ve done it so may times for electron stuff it’s engrained into my head now haha. You can check that it works with xlsclients.

Also QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland for QT based apps too if they’re not behaving.