14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft rolled out Windows 10 build 14986 to Fast ring insiders last week, and it turns out that, in addition to all the improvements that the company detailed at first, there’s also another tweak that might really come in handy to those who experienced issues with DPI settings.
Dona Sarkar, head of the Windows Insider program, revealed in an updated post that Windows 10 build 14986 comes with DPI improvements that would make some apps display correctly.
“Your feedback is important to us, and a few months ago, we shared a discussion about the progress we’d made to high DPI scaling in the Anniversary Update. With the release of Build 14986 to Windows Insiders, we’re very excited to share the next part in that story,” Dona Sarkar said.
“Windows Insiders with high DPI devices, such as the Surface Book, will now see improved crispness in the text of a number of desktop applications that previously would display blurry - in particular Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap ins like Device Manager. This story has yet another chapter, so keep an eye out for more on this subject in future flights.”
High DPI settings in Windows 10
High DPI settings in Windows 10 have caused issues on quite a big number of computers, and we here at Softpedia even experienced display problems on the Surface Book.
In many cases, apps that are rendered blurry are developed by third-party companies and one particular example is Pidgin, which is an instant messaging app that supports a wide array of networks and platforms. Conversation windows and even the contact list itself were super-blurry on the Surface Book with the default DPI settings, so configuring the program to ignore this configuration was the only way to go.
Of course, this doesn’t guarantee that everything is displayed correctly, so improvements that Microsoft makes in Windows 10 builds come in handy, not only to users of Surface devices, but to everyone else.
Keep in mind that these new high DPI tweaks are only part of this preview build, but everyone else should get them in the coming months when the Creators Update goes live.