On 23/07/18 07:44, Pierre Couderc wrote: > I have many problems with "big" screens (in pixels 1920x1080). > Characters are very small. It is easy to change this in e itself > using "scaling". > > But I have problems with many applications, vlc,thunderbird for > example. Maybe it is because I miss some freedesktop utility or > settings ? No, it's a permanent problem with Linux systems: there is no way to force individual applications to use a centrally-defined setting for sizes, colours, etc. This is a disaster for the visually-impaired.
The developers (or their frameworks) understandably believe that it is *their* responsibility to dictate the font size (and a lot of other UI parameters). Unfortunately they have misunderstood: the better approach is to allow the USER to specify the font size globally, and have all applications respect it. Some apps do allow you to change font size; many do not; I don't know of any which look to see if there is a global setting they can follow. A frequent problem in usability tests is that the subject cannot see the material because the font size is too small and cannot be adjusted across all the applications uniformly: see https://www.nngroup.com/articles/let-users-control-font-size/ But until we get a legal challenge from the visually-impaired community under suitable legislation designed to enable them to use computers, this will not change. For some reason, developers believe that it's not their problem. e has a wonderful new-install-startup routine which lets you set the sizes of various things like windows and fonts (I can't remember if they can be set separately). It's a pity that other window managers hide this functionality or fail to provide it by default. ///Peter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
