[TW5] TiddlyDesktop blurry text problem

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CL

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Jan 7, 2016, 12:16:58 AM1/7/16
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First of all, I use TiddlyDesktop 0.0.8, Windows 10 (64bit) and Surface Pro 3.

I am getting blurry text on the TiddlyDesktop. Other brower looks fine except Google Chrome.
So I was looking for solution to fix this problem. I have found two solutions so far.

First solution I found is this youtube video. Disabling hardware acceleration. This fixed the problem for Google Chrome.
Is there any way of applying this solution to TiddlyDesktop?

Second solution I found is this youtube video. I guess this code force dpi sacle to 1. (pixcel to pixel match)
I use 175% scale in for my Surface Pro 3 screen(in Windows display setting).
When I apply the code in the video, Google Chrome become quite small and text become crystal clear.
Then I changed Google Chrome zoom scale into 175% to match to the previous text size,
It's showing me the best clarity.
How can I achieve this for TiddlyDesktop? 


I believe I am having this problem because of high dpi screen.
I would really appreciate any help.
Thank you.

Best wishes

CL


ps. I will add some information I have found for nw.exe and high dpi

Adrian Sampaleanu

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Feb 15, 2016, 6:47:02 PM2/15/16
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For now, you have to live with the blurriness on the secondary monitor since Firefox has a problem rendering sharply on secondary displays if they use a different scaling factor compared to the primary. If you'd like to have the larger external monitor be the clear one, set it as the primary. In Firefox 47, they've addressed the issue of DPI settings per display so if you can hang on until then, you'll have improved rendering. This blurriness was bothering me so much that I switched to using the Nightly version of Firefox (v47 currently) as my browser, but that's not something I'd recommend for most people due to the possibility of breaking changes.

CL

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Mar 8, 2016, 12:42:26 AM3/8/16
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Let me update on this issue.
Thanks Adrian for the answer.
However, I was experiencing this problem with TiddlyDesktop 0.0.8

Before I start, my setting are same as described before.

I use TiddlyDesktop 0.0.8, Windows 10 (64bit) and Surface Pro 3.
After many experiment, I sort of found temporary solution.
First of all, I downloaded brand new empty.html from tiddlywiki.com
First sreen shot looks fine. (1.png)
This blurry text problem occurs when the storyriver is long enough to make scrollbar (2.png)
If you see the second screenshot, you can see storyriver looks blurry but sidebar looks fine.
To fix this problem, you should change to Vanilla theme and change sidebar layout to fluid story, fixed sidebar.

Result of this action is 4.png

Storyriver looks sharp and sidebar looks little bit burry now.
But when you hide sidebar with that setting, burry text occur again. (Screen shot 5.png)
If you want to fix this, then you have to remove sidebar.

Result of this action is 7.png

You will get sharp storyriver even if you hide sidebar.
I use 'Topleft' plugin and delete sidebar all the time. Therefore, removing sidebar is not a huge problem for me.
If you are experiencing similar problem with TiddlyDesktop or Google Chrome,
then you may apply my temporary solution if it works for you.

Best wishes
CL


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