Joost van de Griek writes: >>> Well, good luck telling one 128-pixel icon from another on a 300 dpi screen, >>> then. >> >> I said I won't switch from px to cm or in. I never said I won't adapt. > >> Each one uses a different word to say many of the same things. > >No, they don't. Centimeters and inches represent real-world physical sizes. >A pixel represents a dot on a screen. Doesn't say a thing about the size of >that dot or the distance to the next dot.
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