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@mager Possibly what you’re accustomed to. It looks fine to me.
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@matias I sense you converting. ;-) Have you tried news sites with lots of text?
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@luxuryluke Wake up the hamsters. There be pixels to light up.
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@matias Once you recover from the eye burnout on the right, left is so much better. You’ll wonder how you ever accepted ON as a setting.
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@smoofles So you never use bold type then?
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@luxuryluke @mikeindustries @adel No, all displays. Or rather, all non-CRT displays.
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@davidbellona Yep. Comparing to Photoshop’s Strong and Crisp is probably equivalent to LCD smoothing on and off.
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@sm @mikeindustries All you need to do is follow the instructions in the original tweet. ;-)
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@mikeindustries Remember that you’re partially swayed by what you’re accustomed to seeing though.
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@tomcarmony @adel @mikeindustries Now to figure out a campaign that grabs the attention of (and sways) decision makers at Apple…
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@mdo Same thing happened last time I suggested it.
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@stop @mezzoblue @mikeindustries @adel I’ll still choose bold when bold is appropriate, regardless of how it looks with smoothing on or off.
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@caryl_shaw Regardless, wow. Maelstrom. I remember playing that for hours on my Mac in a tiny SF studio (during the HotWired years).
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@mikeindustries @adel That said, there are definitely fonts that are too thin to be displayed properly at small sizes.
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@mikeindustries @adel Nah. Once you go off, you realize it’s all better. And then you’ll see screenshots with it on, and cringe.
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@adel Ah, we’re gaining another enlightened convert. @mikeindustries still seems to be a holdout.
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@adel @mikeindustries There are many other examples where the bowls of bold characters fill in (with smoothing turned on).
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@adel @mikeindustries Aha. See. That’s just the tip of the iceberg.
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@adel @mikeindustries @ntakayama No, I don’t see an obvious difference.
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@jodyferry @mdo @davidbellona @bhaggs No – that went away when #newtwitter got replaced.
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@mdo @davidbellona @bhaggs If I recall correctly, we started with a basic 960 grid, but then ended up modifying/tweaking it quite a bit.
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@blowery Yeah, I know this is subjective. Unfortunately, you’ve gotten used to the bloated version. ;-)
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@DrPizza Whether LCD smoothing is on or off, type is still anti-aliased. Setting just changes the method.
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@jordanekay @mikeindustries @ntakayama Turning LCD smoothing off makes screen type display as it was designed. Keeping it on thickens it up.
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@XanderPlooy Time to change the default in Eclipse. ;-)
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@mikeindustries @ntakayama Nope. Improves both non/retina displays. I have no idea why that smoothing option exists, nor why it defaults ON.
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@manuel Can’t figure that out. Especially a smoothing technique that bloats type so obviously.
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@reyner Welcome to the world of screen type as it was designed.
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@rpmcb I still have not been able to figure out why it exists, nor why it’s on by default.
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@Stammy It’s a sacrifice that I am not willing to make. I like to be able to read screen text. ;-)
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If you’re on a Mac, go to SysPrefs > General & uncheck Use LCD font smoothing. Restart apps. Rejoice that type is no longer a bloated mess.
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@karrisaarinen @mdo @maccman I just can’t stand looking at text that gets that bloated. It’s not at all what text is supposed to look like.
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@mdo @karrisaarinen @maccman And I’m on older non-retina Air and iMac. Turning LCD smoothing off fixes this ugliness: cl.ly/image/2T1z1r1n…
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@dearman You should capitalize and trademark that: Day of Right™.
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@DominicScott If I understand your question right, you can change what the Connect tab displays in Settings. (All or Mentions only).
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@briggles The tweets so far have me worried.
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@swissmiss I’d be really surprised if you haven’t yet thought about combining @teuxdeux and @tattly – flickr.com/photos/robands…
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@luxuryluke @jbrewer @cameronmoll @Yarcom Screw this whole circle avatar thing. Faces aren’t round. I’m going straight to oval avatars.
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“I’m in a hurry to get well, because I don’t want Roger to get more screen time than I.” –Gene Siskel, 1999 nytimes.com/1999/02/21/nyr…
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“I know it is coming, and I do not fear it, because I believe there is nothing on the other side of death to fear.” salon.com/2011/09/15/rog…
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“So on this day of reflection I say again, thank you for going on this journey with me. I’ll see you at the movies.” blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2013/04/…
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Wow. His “Leave of Presence” suddenly hits home in a different way. suntimes.com/17320958-761/r…
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RIP, @ebertchicago. You’ll be missed.
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@fruoit @mikeindustries Thanks for the feedback, Mac. Mobile and desktop apps have definitely reset expectations for new content loading in.
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@scrivs c.f. Kindle with Special Offers, and Kindle without.
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@dgvilalta @redbility Thanks, please do. Any specific platform or app, or set of them?
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@wikiweeks @anildash @gruber Might buy it only if this was a measure of mobile web. That’s the only way it might be tracked semi-accurately.