On Donnerstag, 18. Februar 2016 14:20:45 CET Oswald Buddenhagen wrote: > On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 10:50:22AM +0000, Hausmann Simon wrote: > > What do you think? > > that it's a bit silly that we're having this discussion *yet again*. > ;) http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.qt.devel/6572/focus=6807 > > i find the point about using arcminutes as a truly device independent > unit particularly relevant. i thought we discussed this topic > somewhere in more depth already, but i failed to find anything > relevant.
Arcminutes are a really good idea. The size of screen elements isn't really about physical dimensions, it's about size on retina (the actual biological thing ;) really, or legibility. Recently I set up a PC with a large screen for entertainment purposes. Physical DPI detection worked fine for a change - it successfully made the standard font about four pixels high and barely readable. If the system had "known" that the typical user to screen distance was 2-3 meters and acted accordingly, that wouldn't have happened. Of course, you need to know the "typical viewing distance" for a screen, which is sometimes clear from the kind of platform or screen and sometimes not. Such practical considerations may unfortunately sink this idea... _______________________________________________ Development mailing list Development@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development
