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Hack Enables Quartz Anti-Aliasing In All Carbon Apps

Posted by pudge on from the mmm-pretty dept.

Xenex writes "With the release of Mac OS X 10.1.5 a few days ago, Carbon applications now have access to Quartz anti-aliasing. However, we have to wait for developers to release updated versions of their applications to take advantage it. The people at Unsanity have decided that they didn't want to wait, and have released a 'haxie' called Silk. It forces Carbon applications to use the new Quartz anti-aliasing, and my experiences with it have all been perfect. So, now you can have a beautiful Snak, Mozilla, IE ... if it's Carbon, it's made pretty."

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  1. Evolution by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    This is new ground....the recommendation is to experiment w/various screen resolutions and monitor (OSD) settings to find the most 'pleasing' configuration for you.

    Things like ambient light, text vs. graphics and eye posture (do you wear glasses....are they specifically designed for working w/computer monitors. etc.) are all factors that can affect viewing, and with new technologies like Quartz, we'll need time to learn how to optimize the otherwise disparate components.

    Pixeless screen resolution and the phrase 'paper like' are items and terms we now need to learn and use.

    Apple, naturally, leads the way once again.