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DU4 Questions & Answers

EarlG

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1. This might help

Reply to LearnedHand (Original post)

Tue Sep 5, 2023, 02:00 PM

Sep 2023

Try clicking the My Stuff button, then Account Settings.

Scroll down to “Visual appearance” and select “Skinner Mode”, then click “Save all settings.”

That will give you DU4, but with a DU3 “skin”.

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New font is much harder to read, especially on mobile devices [View all] LearnedHand Sep 2023 OP

This might help EarlG Sep 2023 #1

EarlG, can we use dark mode with Skinner Mode? TygrBright Sep 2023 #2

Not yet EarlG Sep 2023 #4

Oh, you sweeties! I LOVE IT.... one click and there's my search. TygrBright Sep 2023 #8

That's a bit better but it's still not as easy to read as DU3 Gidney N Cloyd Sep 2023 #9

Can I ask what it is that's not as easy to read? EarlG Sep 2023 #10

Looking at DU3 and 4 side by side and at the same magnification, the text in 4 seems less "crisp." Gidney N Cloyd Sep 2023 #12

Could you try a non-DU related fix? EarlG Sep 2023 #16

Agree they are "fuzzy"! And the font is more compressed LearnedHand Sep 2023 #20

Yup did that LearnedHand Sep 2023 #19

I have to agree with the font problem on my phone dweller Sep 2023 #3

Can you send me a screenshot? EarlG Sep 2023 #11

Until I can figure out how to get screenshot dweller Sep 2023 #13

The DU3 "preferred format" settings do not apply to DU4 EarlG Sep 2023 #14

2 pics sent dweller Sep 2023 #15

Got them, thanks EarlG Sep 2023 #17

Thanks dweller Sep 2023 #18

That's a lovely option EarlG! LearnedHand Sep 2023 #21

I like that idea. piddyprints Sep 2023 #22

This is something that is a pet peeve. It always makes me wonder if the testing took into consideration the audience, which in this case, is increasingly long in the tooth. vanlassie Sep 2023 #5

The problem is that EarlG Sep 2023 #7

Desktop user here - and I love the new darkface screen and font FakeNoose Sep 2023 #6