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2018-08-06 , 14:56
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Originally Posted by Koiruus View Post
I have thought that UI (not just Purism but UI's in common) are made to fit to the screen and intended use. For example, if the buttons are too small on high resolution, they will make bigger ones. I'm just a stupid nurse with no skills to design anything, but for me it would make more sense than zooming everything in.
You are right. Adroid, Sailfish, Maemo etc are designed specifically for mobiles and have the size of UI controls modified to be usable comfortably. Then they can use a normal, 1:1 pixel mapping for everything else, such as pictures and videos.

But Purism is taking a shortcut. They are using a normal Gnome or KDE desktop. I do not know whether this is temporary or designed to stay like that forever. Their App Development page makes me think it is there to stay. I hope I am wrong.
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