[Tfug] Yet another OSX "fail" - this one is NOT my fault...

[Bowie J. Poag]

...You realize you can change the screen resolution, right?



Jim March wrote:
> To those who think OSX is going to kick Linux's butt...
>
> The same friend I was helping in the previous discussion is an older
> gent whose eyesight isn't what it used to be.  His new Mac is the
> "silver iMac" with integrated 22" screen (guesstimate as to size),
> 1680x1050 resolution.  The default fonts for basic OS stuff were too
> small - I'm talking basic stuff like the menus.
>
> So I look for the font size settings.  I mean, even Windows gives you
> control over that stuff, right?
>
> Nope.  I couldn't believe it, but multiple rounds of googling confirms
> it: OSX 10.5 "Leopard" series doesn't include font size controls.
>
> Whaaa?
>
> I found at least one piece of freeware that claims to give such controls:
>
> http://www.bresink.de/osx/TinkerTool.html
>
> ...but it didn't work.  I could adjust what looked like font controls
> and sizes, looked a lot like the controls available in Gnome, but once
> I quit Tinkertool there was no effect.  Rebooting it didn't help.
>
> I have another user out there who wants to upgrade, has buttloads of
> money to spend (cost literally NO object), but she's over 70, poor
> eyesight.  She also wants to use something like DragonDictate and
> speech-to-text input is, per my initial search, totally sucky in Linux
> so far, but there is no WAY I can recommend a Mac if we can't adjust
> font sizes.
>
> As the population ages this is going to be a huge thing.  How in God's
> name could Apple ship boxes without font size controls!?
>
> What the hell?
>
> Jim
>
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