Soft Focused Text in IE7

Man, it just looks fuzzy...

[grelmar]

I've held off getting IE7 until today because... Well... I just don't use it.

Aside from the awful interface, and the locked in place screen real-estate (mann, it's WORSE than IE6 in a lot of ways), the biggest single complaint I have is how it's rendering text.

All text has taken on a "soft focus" look to it. Nothing is crisp.

Is it just me that's noticed this? What gives? Is there some setting I can change to take away the blur?

If this is the way it's looking for everyone, then the eyestrain factor is going to go way up. It's bleeding headache inducing.

[mattur]

Hi grelmar,

Installing IE7 turns ClearType on. See [blogs.msdn.com...] for more info.

You can turn it off in Internet Options -> Advanced -> Multimedia: Always use ClearType for HTML

BTW: fully agree about the interface :)

[grelmar]

Whew, thanks.

Why the heck would they make cleartype the default? It's bloody ugly.

[Robin_reala]

Are you running a CRT? It looks a lot better on LCDs.

Mind you, I prefer it on CRTs as well. But then I also prefer Apple's ATSUI tech which if you don't like Cleartype you'll definitely hate :)

[Trace]

You can adjust your Clear Type settings directly from the Ms website.

[microsoft.com...]

[Leosghost]

Why the heck would they make cleartype the default? It's bloody ugly.

Because they are microsoft and they no longer have the mitigating influence of Bill ..