On Oct 10, 2012, at 1:14 AM, Maciej Stachowiak <m...@apple.com> wrote:
> > On Oct 9, 2012, at 2:49 PM, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalm...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 11:48 AM, Ian Hickson <i...@hixie.ch> wrote: >>> On Tue, 9 Oct 2012, Mark Callow wrote: >>>> On 2012/10/06 7:09, Ian Hickson wrote: >>>>> I agree, when there's 3x displays, this could get to the point where we >>>>> need to solve it. :-) >>>> >>>> With the current displays, it's just not that big a deal, IMHO. If by 3x >>>> you mean displays whose dpi is 3x that of CSS pixels (96dpi), they >>>> already exist in retail products. I saw 2 last week. >>> >>> Can you elaborate? >>> >>> How many device pixels per CSS pixel do browsers on those devices use? Are >>> they just making CSS pixels smaller, or are they actually using 3x? >> >> http://www.zdnet.com/google-nexus-10-tablet-to-have-higher-res-display-than-ipad-7000005466/ >> appears to be 299dpi >> http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=22223 appears to be 440dpi >> >> These devices aren't out yet, but I suspect browsers would be >> more-or-less as high-dpi as possible. > > This page lists several devices with physical DPI higher than 288 (3x the > nominal CSS dpi) but none with a CSS pixel ratio greater than 2x. (To be > fair, the data is incomplete and may be inaccurate, though to my knowledge > the entries for Apple devices are all correct). So it's not a given that the > cited hardware dpi values would lead to higher CSS pixel ratios in the > corresponding software. Apparently I forgot to link the page I meant: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_displays_by_pixel_density> Regards, Maciej
