Comment Comment by troupo > And when Windows 95 came out we didn’t exactly have 27” 4K monitors at our desks.No, we didn't. And yet we didn't have to scroll through a settings list with 10 elements.And no, information density isn't "make everything smaller". It's "use space on screen efficiently".For example, "modern" startup menu shows fewer items on an area 10x larger than the entire screen available to win95. And no amount of scaling can fix that. And this permeates the entire OS: https://www.buildwindows.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/4-4.... vs https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HBTFbzlXwAA5OwD.jpg parent troupo 2 days ago
No, we didn't. And yet we didn't have to scroll through a settings list with 10 elements.
And no, information density isn't "make everything smaller". It's "use space on screen efficiently".
For example, "modern" startup menu shows fewer items on an area 10x larger than the entire screen available to win95. And no amount of scaling can fix that. And this permeates the entire OS: https://www.buildwindows.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/4-4.... vs https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HBTFbzlXwAA5OwD.jpg