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Re: Fwd: Bob's Mac Usability Problems

 

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2015-04-02 21:28 GMT+02:00 Bob Gustafson <bobgus@xxxxxxx>:

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> Date: April 2, 2015 at 03:58:18 CDT
> From: Bob Gustafson <bobgus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Piotr Esden-Tempski <piotr@xxxxxxxxx>, Maciej Sumiński <
> maciej.suminski@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Adam Wolf <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "
> kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <
> kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Kicad-developers] Bob's Mac Usability Problems
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> Super -  I will go out and get a standard PC logitech mouse.
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> According to the reports on the 5k iMac, you have 14.7 million pixels with
> a resolution of 5,120x2,880 - very impressive. Bandwidth to the screen
> is beyond Thunderbolt 2, so no wonder you have some slowness moving pixels.
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> There may be an adjustment for resolution - so you can trade off speed vs
> pixels.
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> The Preferences our Mac mini include an item for screen resolution. It
> seems reasonable that if you cut the resolution, your screen render time
> should speed up.
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> See attached tiff of preferences window.
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