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		cbmuser on Jan 5, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft job posting suggests a major user interf... The problem with the old UI was that it wasn’t scalable. But I think they could have fixed that without messing the whole UI up.

grishka on Jan 6, 2021 [–]

If you mean pixel density, then sure it can be made scalable by using vector graphics or using several different dpi variants of assets. All without changing visual appearance even. Apple managed to do this exact thing in 2012.

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