P: Support scalable user interface UI for high resolution monitors

I'm soooo behind the times! I just purchased Photoshop CS6 a few weeks ago, but I discovered this thread because I'm trying to find out if there is a way to increase the size of the UI in general and the Rulers in particular.

Like others, my vision isn't what it used to be, but the CS6 UI is really tiny!!! I need this fixed in this version, because I'm getting old and it's the last version I will be able to buy, unless I win the lottery :~)

Notice the part at the top that says "under consideration"?

I did. Unfortunately this offers me no comfort

.And did you miss the announcements of Retina display support?

I did. But it's my retina that needs support.

Thanks for the interest though.

Notice the part at the top that says "under consideration"?
And did you miss the announcements of Retina display support?

I've been an elements user for years. I finally saved enough to buy its big brother and now I can't read it. Same goes for Lightroom. By the looks of this forum there's no solution forthcoming. Guess I'll have to move to two screens (hi res and lo res) or maybe decamp to Corel. Hey, Adobe, the grey market's growing and you'll be missing out.

I came to the forum to find out how to make the icons, text, and nodes bigger in CS6, and stumbled upon this thread. I bought a new higher end laptop, the screen is 17.3 with a 1920x1080 rez and I almost have my face on the screen trying to see everything. The nodes in Illustrator are microscopic, and the menu type is fixed size so that no matter what I set my text to be in windows (right now at 125%), nothing in CS6 pays any attention. I do not wear glasses, and though my near sight is a little foggy at 45, I see pretty well. I don't have a problem with any other software so far. Adobe, you need to address this.

I honestly can't for the life of me figure out why the laptop industry thinks we have to have HD on such small screens, but that is the case. There is only one manufacturer who has 17.3 at 1600x900, and I figure that will go away as well, because the tech industry pokes fun at them. (As if they know what we all want)
But I digress.

I paid hundreds (thousands) of dollars for software that gives me a migraine. Please Adobe, let us size the interface larger or smaller for what is comfortable. Even your website has text that is waaaaaaay to small on my monitor. Apparently, your fixed type size also does not care what I set my computer for. 😞 I think this is bad form.

It's smaller on my system too. It was fine as long as I used Windows XP, but when I went to Windows 7, (64 bit) Indesign text got smaller. I'm using the same monitor. So, Adobe needs to fix this problem! I won't buy another upgrade until they do.

Kinda funny but Photoshop is supposed to be the Ultimate in Photo and Graphic manipulation but something as basic as changing it's own Font size is made impossible Go figure I wanted to purchase CS6 but it is un unusable in the current state LARGER TOOLS Duh Corel here I come

The fixed-size icons of the tool panel do not make good use of the space available on large, modern screens. On my screen, the column of icons extends only halfway down. More flexibility here might allow either (a) larger icons for easier visibility (my first choice), or (b) more icons, so that functions whose icon-sharing is not obvious (e.g., Eyedropper & Notes) would be separate.

More radically, the tool panel might be user-configurable, like the tool bars of MS Office.

I'd like to see Adobe provide a free fix of some kind, but don't expect that will happen.
In any case I still like the software very much, especially the new ACR.

It is not a new version issue; it is basic functionality issue that should have been addressed by a bug-fix, a long time ago! No, we don't have to "hope" for anything! Our option is to deal with the learning curve and move on to other software. If you guys and gals explored this option, you would discover that Adobe has done you a favor by not supporting its products in an appropriate and timely fashion. Earlier I posted some of these alternatives here. They were, off course, immediately redacted.