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#250599 17-May-2019 20:39
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Is it just me or are the reply, compose and post new topic buttons quite blurry?






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  #2240253 17-May-2019 20:53
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Just you, looks fine to me.




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  #2240255 17-May-2019 21:04
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lNomNoml:

 

Just you, looks fine to me.

 

 

yep just you


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  #2240258 17-May-2019 21:29
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Fuzzy here too

 

Running a MBP 13" @ 1680x1050 resolution

 

Even the "technology community" under the geekzone logo looks bad




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  #2240259 17-May-2019 21:32
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dfnt:

Fuzzy here too


Running a MBP 13" @ 1680x1050 resolution


Even the "technology community" under the geekzone logo looks bad


Running the same machine too





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  #2240260 17-May-2019 21:33
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Must be something to do with the "scaled" resolution then


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  #2240264 17-May-2019 21:56
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I run on a 3440 X 1440 monitor and have no problems. Start by pressing CTRL 0.




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  #2240274 17-May-2019 22:44
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I assume you're using MacOS with a retina display...

 

The default resolution generates blurry icons as it is literally "zooming" them to fit your display. For example, on my MacBook Air 2018 on the "default" resolution I get this (as an example - still looks fine on my MacBook but will appear blurry to everyone else):

 

 

And then on the standard "Scaled - More Space" mode I operate at I get the same screenshot, with the same dimensions and comparing the two it looks the exact same despite me screenshotting what appears to be a far smaller area. Now, how is this? Scaling just simply zooms the screen to put it in laymen's terms - the screen itself is essentially driven at the same resolution however MacOS "enlarges" all elements to make them appear bigger. This causes elements to appear fuzzy on many web pages. This also happens on apps not optimised, and also happens on Windows if you enable scaling mode on high resolution displays.

 

So - totally normal and doesn't just happen with Geekzone. Go into System Preferences, Display and scale at "More Space" to sorta fix it.

 

Also - looks totally fine to me unless if I operate my MacBook at the "default" resolution.





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  #2240276 17-May-2019 22:51
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I am already using more space, here's the text under the geekzone logo as an example:

 


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  #2240277 17-May-2019 22:53
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Don´t like the "more space" option, prefer to have the retina screen displaying at "the right" resolution with higher quality.

 

If you are doing 1:1 pixels you are not getting the benefits of the retina display, and things get really tiny.

 

Can be fixed by creating the graphics in 2x resolution, and scaling them down in CSS/HTML. Then you get a nice crisp image on retina screens as well.





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