Microsoft’s Teeny-Tiny Windows 8 Product Key Is Beyond Unreadable
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#2i can see it just fine, move that dime out of the way so i can see the rest.
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#3And Apple's gray-on-silver labels on the back of my Mac Pro are pretty hard to read, too. Not enough dim-eyed gray beards like me at these companies, I guess.
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#4Quickly estimating I think it's maybe 5pt font. Definitely bit on the small side, especially with that kind of background.
edit: on a closer look, it think it's the blue background that is the bigger issue than the small font per se. The bits on yellow background are significantly more readable.
edit2: turning all the machines around here, I think the font size has stayed same over time (xp-vista-7 represented here). It doesn't really look like the font on 8 is significantly reduced in size either
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#5i can see it just fine, move that dime out of the way so i can see the rest.
Same here, but it's a photo.. a crop from a DVD sleeve; and at least on my screen even that crop is bigger than a full DVD sleeve.
Does anyone know the coin in the picture, that is, the exact diameter of it?
Looking around me, I see plenty of super fine print on products, like lists of ingredients etc... there seems to be a real problem here. I never really notice it myself because I am shortsighted, so small writing at short distance is no problem; but I heard there are people who are farsighted or have even crazier problems, and while I would be fine if nobody on the planet could install Windows 8, I don't think it's okay that many people could not find out what is in the food they are eating without help, even if they wanted to.
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#6i can see it just fine, move that dime out of the way so i can see the rest.
haha that was quite ironic that he placed the coin so no one would read and steal the product key.
To be honest, I can read it just fine without leaning towards the monitor. However, I understand it can be an issue for people with poor vision.
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#7i can see it just fine, move that dime out of the way so i can see the rest.
Same here, but it's a photo.. a crop from a DVD sleeve; and at least on my screen even that crop is bigger than a full DVD sleeve. Does anyone know the coin in the picture, that is, the exact diameter of it? Looking around me, I see plenty of super fine print on products, like lists of ingredients etc... there seems to be a real problem here. I never really notice it myself because I am shortsighted, so small writing…
> Does anyone know the coin in the picture, that is, the exact diameter of it?
17.91 mm (0.705 in)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dime_%28United_States_coin%29
I'd guesstimate that the the picture is about 10px/mm.
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#8And Apple's gray-on-silver labels on the back of my Mac Pro are pretty hard to read, too. Not enough dim-eyed gray beards like me at these companies, I guess.
There's no OS X product key on there, though. It's not uncommon to have to read your Windows product key to enter it during installation or tell it to someone on the phone.
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#9I have a Windows 7 license sticker on my Dell PC case, I never touched it with my hands and it's already fading. Can I suspect this is being done on purpose? Or am I just being cynical.
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#10What do consumer protection agencies have to say about this?