Windows 11 and headaches
Mar. 4th, 2025 02:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
akinoameSo basically I have had near-constant headaches lately, especially at work.
I know that ever since we upgraded my work computer to Windows 11, I've had issues. Especially because default font Aptos is a fucking terrible font because it's so skinny, and Windows suddenly likes making everything unreadable.
I tried switching to dark mode, but it made my emails illegible, especially because we have to use a signature with a graphic that ends up completely unviewable in dark mode. I tried looking a few things up, and I saw issues about drivers and getting a new monitor and oh what about blue light glasses and nightlight mode and...
I'm currently remoting in on my personal computer. Still Windows 10, and it will have to remain that way, regardless of what happens in October. I do not get headaches on this. I can read it. I can see it. And my prescription says that I need Crizal on all of my lenses, so it's not like I need to get another pair of glasses.
The problem is not the monitor. It is the operating system. Because I am not using my work monitor; I am remoting in through a separate computer on an older OS, and the problem persists when I am using it--but not when I am looking away on something in my local computer.
So I finally tinkered with the settings on the work computer enough. Customized the settings so that I have the windows set to dark, apps set to light, then customized Outlook's settings to dark grey mode (and the same with our database), and IMMEDIATE improvement.
I still have some degree of pain, but it's nowhere near what it was. So I'll need to keep tinkering with it.
Great job upgrading your product to the point where it actively harms the people who use it.
I know that ever since we upgraded my work computer to Windows 11, I've had issues. Especially because default font Aptos is a fucking terrible font because it's so skinny, and Windows suddenly likes making everything unreadable.
I tried switching to dark mode, but it made my emails illegible, especially because we have to use a signature with a graphic that ends up completely unviewable in dark mode. I tried looking a few things up, and I saw issues about drivers and getting a new monitor and oh what about blue light glasses and nightlight mode and...
I'm currently remoting in on my personal computer. Still Windows 10, and it will have to remain that way, regardless of what happens in October. I do not get headaches on this. I can read it. I can see it. And my prescription says that I need Crizal on all of my lenses, so it's not like I need to get another pair of glasses.
The problem is not the monitor. It is the operating system. Because I am not using my work monitor; I am remoting in through a separate computer on an older OS, and the problem persists when I am using it--but not when I am looking away on something in my local computer.
So I finally tinkered with the settings on the work computer enough. Customized the settings so that I have the windows set to dark, apps set to light, then customized Outlook's settings to dark grey mode (and the same with our database), and IMMEDIATE improvement.
I still have some degree of pain, but it's nowhere near what it was. So I'll need to keep tinkering with it.
Great job upgrading your product to the point where it actively harms the people who use it.
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