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Retina display support

Retina display support

Posted Jan 9, 2013 21:41 UTC (Wed) by roc (subscriber, #30627)
In reply to: Retina display support by Cyberax
Parent article: Firefox 18 is now available

CSS pixels are exactly "some kind of 'pixels' with fixed angular size".


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Retina display support

Posted Jan 9, 2013 21:59 UTC (Wed) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link]

Then we lose ability to use sub-pixel positioning (last time I checked you can't use fractional pixels).

That's not a problem right now, since browser does all the drawing. But once we move into the brave new Canvas world, we'll start to get this kinds of problems. 1 pixel on a Retina display might be below eye's resolution, but 1px misalignment is easily noticeable.

Retina display support

Posted Jan 10, 2013 10:35 UTC (Thu) by roc (subscriber, #30627) [Link]

You absolutely can use fractional CSS pixels.

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