Re: Nexus Radio Final Released
- Posted by DB James <larches at ?omcast.net> Jul 06, 2007
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Larry Miller wrote: > > DB James wrote: > > > > C Bouzy wrote: > > > > > > Hi DB, > > > > > > Thank you for the feedback but I was not able to reproduce the error on > > > two > > > different machines. I changed both the DPI and browser font and the layout > > > of > > > the site remained the same. I also viewed the site in different browsers > > > with > > > no change to the layout. But I am not worried either way because very few > > > users > > > change their DPI to higher values. > > > > > > ~C. Bouzy > > > > > > "If you do what you have always done, you will get what you always got." > > > > Hi C, > > > > Tnteresting that quote at the end of your reply... > > > > Quote from an article at Microsoft Developer Network: > > > > "Does your application work on high-density displays? Probably not. The > > standard computer monitor today has a display of about 96 dots per inch > > (DPI), > > and most applications assume that they are running on a 96-DPI display. But > > that’s an increasingly dangerous assumption. Today, you can readily buy a > > laptop with a 133-DPI display; 170-DPI displays are just around the corner, > > and within the next few years, 200-DPI displays will be shipping in > > quantity. > > The industry journal DisplaySearch predicts that 40 percent of laptop sales > > will have greater than 100 DPI.." > > > > --Quark > > It should be noted, the above mentioned article was dated March 2001, more > than > 6 years ago. > > Larry Miller Hi Larry, Good catch. After I had quoted that, I did some more looking and didn't find the prediction had come true. Meanwhile I have been trying to research the issue, and have found it obscure. I have wondered if the assumption to 96 dpi might not be a problem (I have had a few downloaded programs completely goofed by my settings), but I now am more wandering in confusion, than wondering. People can, and do change the dpi, can a programmer take this into account? Is it worth the bother? -- at this point, I have no idea. --Quark