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[Selene Scriven <selene.scriven@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

* Krzysztof Tataradziński <ktatar156@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Will that fix be included in next OTA?

It's not technically a fix, just a workaround.  The actual fix is 
a design change to use 40/50/90 grid units depending on the 
device type, but I'm not sure when that change will land.  The 
smaller BQ phone would have 40 grid units, while the MX4 would 
have 50 grid units.

I would like to see the UI switch to a physical unit like 
millimeters instead of a logical one like grid units, but it 
doesn't sound like this is likely to happen.

Physical units would mean that a 10-inch tablet would display 
more data than a 7-inch tablet, but if they both use 90 "grid 
units" the 10-inch one will simply have bigger widgets (like the 
issue the MX4 has now).


-- Selene

> 2015-07-06 7:08 GMT+02:00 Selene Scriven <selene.scriven@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > * Krzysztof Tataradziński <ktatar156@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> My last (for now) thoughts about MX4: Icons are to big
> >> (especially left launcher), font also. Is there a tool to
> >> change font size? Can't find such option in system settings.
> >
> > This works pretty well for fixing the widget sizes on the MX4:
> >
> > export GU=21
> > adb shell 'printf "start on starting dbus\nexec initctl set-env --global GRID_UNIT_PX='$GU'\n" > ~/.config/upstart/gu.conf'
> >
> > Then reboot the phone.
> >
> >
> > -- Selene