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Re: Nexus Radio Final Released

• Posted by DB James <larches at ?omcast.net> Jul 06, 2007
• 642 views

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