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privTri Volpeon areonNSmol @volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip
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Wyvern-shaped software developer and hobby vector artist. Also sometimes a fluffy werewolf alien creature (Areon).

Creator of the neofoxes, neocats and other emojis.
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Website
https://volpeon.ink/
Speaking German, English
Age 30s
Pronouns he / him
Backup Account @volpeon@goto.wyvern.rip
Bonus Content @areon@icy.wyvern.rip
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privTri Volpeon areonNSmol @volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip
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@raccoon wvrnHug
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privTri Volpeon areonNSmol @volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip
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"Volpeon, please change this thing"
Changes the thing
"Volpeon, this user is confused because the thing is different now"

??? Okay? You wanted this change so you explain it to your subordinates?
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privTri Volpeon areonNSmol @volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip
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@Gauss neofox_googly_shocked
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privTri Volpeon areonNSmol @volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip
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@Gauss neofox_boop
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privTri Volpeon areonNSmol @volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip
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If a platform really insists on using threads over a high character limit, it should at least add the "🧵 1 / 9" thing automatically in the UI instead of relying on the user to know in advance.
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privTri Volpeon areonNSmol @volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip
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@efi neofox_magnify
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privTri Volpeon areonNSmol @volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip
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I had to split this post into 4 for Bluesky. So annoying woozy_baa
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privTri Volpeon areonNSmol @volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip
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Maybe it also has to do with me prioritizing comfort over anything else. I notice that people seem to care about real estate, whereas to me being able to read and identify things easily is more important.

I always spent a lot of time on the computer. I used to keep my screens closer to my face, and I'm sure I would've used a smaller UI if that had been a thing back then.
But over the years, I noticed how exhausting it was for my eyes and gradually adapted my setup to fix it. I moved my screens further away, kept the UI large enough, and started adjusting the screen brightness depending on the light conditions in my room. The most recent change was automatic dark/light mode depending on the time of day.

As a teenager I often used to have headaches, and I'm sure my computer setup prior to those changes played a role in this. I'd argue it's the same for a lot of other people who chalk those signs up as inherent to using computers, something they can't fix.
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privTri Volpeon areonNSmol @volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip
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@rick I said less than 200% neocat_boop_woozy
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privTri Volpeon areonNSmol @volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip
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Maybe my desk setup explains why 27" screens don't seem that large to me and why 4K with UI scaling less than 200% is way too small?
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privTri Volpeon areonNSmol @volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip
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@charlotte That's why I specified 27" in the poll which is small in my book
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privTri Volpeon areonNSmol @volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip
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So many people use 150% UI scalling that it at least explains why UI scaling appears to cause so many problems for others, but none for me (with 200%). Fractional scaling is an entirely different beast from integer scaling.
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privTri Volpeon areonNSmol @volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip
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The number of people who are rawdogging 4K is way higher than I expected neofox_googly_shocked
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privTri Volpeon areonNSmol @volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip
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@wakame Amazing neofox_googly_woozy
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privTri Volpeon areonNSmol @volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip
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@wakame At least when you go from 100% to 200%. Fractional is weird.
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privTri Volpeon areonNSmol @volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip
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@wakame People keep telling me UI scaling is weird, but that doesn't match my experiences at all these days. drgn_think__w_ It used to be bad at the beginning, but I don't remember the last time I had issues
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privTri Volpeon areonNSmol @volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip
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@wakame Why's that? drgn_confused
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privTri Volpeon areonNSmol @volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip
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There's something I need to know just out of curiosity:

On a 27" display with 4K resolution, you would use a UI scaling of
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privTri Volpeon areonNSmol @volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip
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@stefan Using Mastodon on a 4K display with UI scaling set to 200% leads to emojis being rendered at 40x40 rather than 20x20. They aren't larger, but you can see fine details which helps a lot with legibility.
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privTri Volpeon areonNSmol @volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip
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I would've expected 4K PC monitors to be the default by now.
I bought my 4K display in 2016, so 9 years ago. In that same time span, I had gone from a 1024x768 CRT to a 1680x1050 display to a 1080p display. Why are we stagnating there? It's making my life as an emoji designer unnecessarily difficult.
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