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by atq2119 361 days ago
I'm certain that web style scaling is what the vast majority of desktop users actually want from fractional desktop scaling.

Thinking that two finger zooming style scaling is the goal is probably the result of misguided design-centric thinking instead of user-centric thinking.

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At the time I was trying and failing to get Java apps to do it properly, so please send this feedback to whoever invented Swing in the 90s.
> misguided design-centric thinking

More like “let the device driver figure it out” - Apple is after all a hardware company first.

In terms of how its business works, Apple is primarily a fashion company.

A deeply technical one, yes, but that's not what drives their decision making.