I reckon most if these errors are because of GTK+2. All of the issues you've listed seem to be directly related to apps not updated to GTK+3.
Cheers, Alfredo On 16 May 2015 22:30, "Iban Eguia" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, guys, I've just bought a new computer with HiDPI display, and I'm > experiencing some issues with it. I suppose that most of them will not be > related to Ubuntu GNOME as a distribution, but in any case, I wanted to sum > them up here so that you could tell me if they're related to the > distribution, to GNOME or to specific applications. And, if it is the case > that some of them could be solved from the distribution itself maybe we > could do something about it, and I include myself, as I'm finishing my IT > degree and maybe I could contribute. So, since I don't want to extend > myself much longer, here I summarize these issues: > > > - Icons too small in save/load windows: Even if the icons in Nautilus > are fine, in the load/save windows, (such as when I try to save something > from Firefox or I open something in LibreOffice appear too small, and its > difficult to see them properly. > - Icons too small in some applications: In Filezilla or ProjectLibre, > I see that the icons are really small, what leads to an unpleasant user > experience. I think that this is only related to certain applications, so > probably they don't fit as a bug of the distribution. > - In some circumstances, the cursor changes to Low DPI: For example, > in Tweetdeck in Firefox or in Telegram Desktop, the cursor, only in some > sections changes back to Low DPI and it's shown really small. I have seen > this happen with the zoom cursor, with the hand cursor and with the text > cursor. > - Chrome totally lacks HiDPI support: I guess this should be a bug > report for Google, but as I'm trying to summarize all the errors I find I > include it here. > - Firefox does not adapt by default to HiDPI: I had to change Firefox > settings in about:config so that web pages didn't show so small. > - In Skype, all the interface is really small: Apart from being > totally outdated, Skype is not adapted to HiDPI: All the fonts and > interfaces are really small and only adapted to low-DPI. I understand this > is a Microsoft issue. > - Spotify is not adapted to HiDPI: As it happens with Skype, it has > all the fonts and interfaces only adapted to low-DPI. > > Of course I understand that most of these can't be seen as bugs of the > distribution, but I think that should be noted so as to understand better > what is left to do with HiDPI displays both from the distribution > perspective and from the contributors perspective. In any case, I'll try to > report most of them to the respective developer communities. > > -- > Ubuntu-GNOME mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-gnome > >
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