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> Windows-using web designers, if such people still exist: I’m sure there’s something you can do to enable high-DPI mode on Windows

Is the snark really necessary here? Why so mean?

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> Is the snark really necessary here? Why so mean?

Marco has long shown a visceral disdain for non-Apple products and those who use them. Unfortunately, this sort of behavior is on the rise in general, and not many people are willing to call out those who find it necessary to take a potshot at the "other camp" every chance they get.

As for Marco's comment about Windows-using web devs, one of the most respected members of our community and a serial web entrepreneur, patio11, appears to be a Windows user, at least as of 6 months ago: http://hackerne.ws/item?id=3422608

The comment was about web designers not developers. Patrick is well respected round these parts for good reason, but it is certainly not for his design skills.

I didn't read it as being particularly harsh or snarky. It seems Web designers using Windows are becoming a rare breed. At least from what I can tell anyway. FWIW, I am not a designer and run Mac/Windows for testing purposes only.

You don't tend to see this type of behavior from long-time Mac users. It, interestingly enough, tends to come mostly from people who were Windows users and then jumped on the OS X bandwagon at some point in the last 10 years.

It's easier to forget the dark ages of a company if you didn't use their products while they were struggling. Nobody's perfect over a long enough time frame.

What’s mean about that statement? You don’t have to read it like that. Always take the generous interpretation.

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