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I'm using a 17" Dell M6500 running Windows 7 and the text is unpleasant to unread in all browsers I have installed (Firefox 18.0.2, Chrome 24.0.1312.57 and even IE 9).

It looks quite a bit better on my external monitor - which is 1600x900 rather than the 1900x1200 of my laptop display.

FWIW, the text looks fantastic on a retina ipad (on safari). It could do with being a bit darker to increase contrast, but still it looked great and was easy to read. So screen resolution seems to make a difference.

Ubuntu Chrome & Firefox On MacbookAir screen: horrible on dell side monitor: amazing.

I'm on a MacbookAir(OSX) running Chrome, looks fine to me.

That's because you have OSX font rendering, here is what it looks like on ubuntu: http://i.imgur.com/YysUNuX.png

I'd hate to see what it looks like on windows (especially chrome which makes fonts even thinner).

Chrome on Win 7: http://screencast.com/t/S6OTjtWpKI

Same on iOS for me. Totally unreadable.