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I don’t get it you need a high resolution monitor to use HiDPI… HiDPI is inherently a feature for small physical size but high resolution screens.

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HiDPI is an accessibility feature for all kinds of scenarios. Not everyone has 20/20 vision.

There is zoom available under accessibility in the settings.HiDPI is not and never was intended as a accessibility feature. You want a feature like HiDPI for accessibility but that supposed to be feature is not HiDPI.

Zoom has downsides (I know I use it) but also see prrof that Apple acknowledges the fact that changing resolution is a solution for small text/widgets https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/change-your-display...

"you can manually set the resolution to make text and objects appear larger on your screen," -Apple Support

There are different issues people have with their eyes so please abstain on defending Apple and telling people that are doing it wrong, in my case I have to use a combination of big fonts, Zoom and Text to speech (I won't waste my money on a 2k or 4k screen for my bad eyes but if somehow one would land on my desk I would for sure change the resolution )

It’s all fine mate and I am not telling anyone what to do I am telling someone that he uses a feature in a way it was not intended. So if he needs an accessibility feature like HiDPI he should ask for it instead of basing his workflow on something that can go away in a whim because it was a workaround in the first place.

https://xkcd.com/1172/

So Apple is wrong? see the link

Changing resolution ≠ HiDPI scaling

>Changing resolution ≠ HiDPI scaling

Can you explain exactly why you think so relative to accessibility and not on implementation details.

One is sharp and one is either tiny or a blurry mess. I honestly believe you don't know what HiDPI is or does different to a normal resolution change maybe this easy to understand blog post can help https://blog.elementary.io/what-is-hidpi/

Ofc... we could also start using an established technical term for something completely different. Looking at you USB 3.X O_O

Do you think someone with accessibility issues care about sharp fonts? Let me tell you NO , maybe for some minority but we are just trying to have text/buttons large enough to be able to read and click them, we don't care that fonts don't look crisp for a person with good eyes.

It’s not about fonts did you even understand the article? Yikes mate at least try to understand about what you are arguing instead of going all emotional.

Can you be less cryptic and on topic? Someone said he uses the DPI settings for accessibility reasons and you the expert say to use Zoom instead because you know better, can you copy paste from the article what we are doing wrong and tell us exactly what is the correct solution, maybe link to Apple(preferably not GNOME article that says DO NOT USE DPI scaling for accessibility.

I use both methods int he past and it really depends on OS features and the apps you have to use but let me know your expert opinon.

I don't know mate you are talking in circles there is no HiDPI option if you are not on a built-in or 4k+ screen. The OP of the comment thread and the OP of the topic are talking about using a feature that was never public and had to be enabled on the command line. They just disabled this workaround. You also don't understand the feature itself and you are also not understanding why it's bad as an impaired user to base your workflow on unsupported hacks. Here are the accessibility overviews for macOS and Windows [0] [1] and there is no mention of HiDPI in it because it's not an accessibility feature. I really hope you are trolling but no matter if you are or not this is my last post in this comment thread.

Ps: You can save your passive aggressive undertone for reddit.

[0] https://www.apple.com/accessibility/vision/ [1] https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/accessibility/windows

In what way does higher resolution help your eyesight? If you have poorer eyesight I would have thought you wouldn’t be able to tell the difference?

I have a 27" 2k monitor and macOS is tiiiiiiiny on it at native resolution. I use the product this website makes and love it.

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