Microsoft mangles VS Code protected properties to prevent UI customization

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  • In my opinion the underlying outrage isn't about this pull request in particular, it's about a failure to allow simple customizations like changing interface font sizes from otherwise hardcoded values. [1] It's a usability and potentially accessibility issue, not an aesthetics issue. In no way was this pull request intentionally targetting compatibility with this extension, but adding this or similar customizations have been requested since 2015 [2] and they are ignored or dismissed so I understand the frustration of changing something working for the sake of something without clear impact. UI/UX is worth an extra few seconds startup time, in my opinion. People seem to agree and have similarly chosen to downgrade.

    1. https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=iocave.c...

    2. https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/519

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