On Monday, October 19, 2015 at 1:03:15 PM UTC-4, Wilson Page wrote:
> I was sick of seeing fuzzy image assets on google.com and facebook.com, so I 
> decided to get to the root of the problem.
> 
> 
> It turns out both vendors are shipping assets based on user-agent strings. If 
> a device is identified as being Firefox, it is sent 1x image assets. Bug here.
> 
> 
> This results in an obviously unpolished experience for FirefoxOS users on 
> devices with decent displays.
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> We have two options:
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> 
> A. We evangelise/negotiate with site owners and convince them to ship decent 
> sized images to FirefoxOS users.
> 
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> B. We follow other browser vendors' (Google and MS) and alter our user agent 
> string to prevent us being discriminated against.
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> 
> 
> This must be fixed if we are going to pursue the best web experience on 
> mobile.
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> W I L S O N  P A G E
> 
> Front-end Developer
> Firefox OS (Gaia)
> London Office
> 
> Twitter: @wilsonpage
> IRC: wilsonpage

I dont think its a problem with images only. When I browse youtube on z3c, it 
shows me low resolution videos.
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