- From: Ambrose LI <ambrose.li@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2011 11:53:15 -0400
- To: Brian Blakely <anewpage.media@gmail.com>
- Cc: www-style@w3.org
This was discussed to death last year, when hardly anyone was convinced that absolute units were useful. Now we have a compelling (and important) use case and it’s too late. If you don’t implement it, of course no one will use it. 2011/10/5 Brian Blakely <anewpage.media@gmail.com>: > See spec for a refresh: http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-values/#absolute-lengths > As far as I know, UAs have never actually implemented this, but always > pretended to anyway. If you size something as "1in", you're more than > likely going to get 90px, regardless of the accuracy of this output. > This is important because physical screen dimensions are going to become > very crucial in the near-term for content and layout delivery, especially in > regards to Media Queries. > The problem which was years away is now an impending reality: the day when > 720p+ mobile devices become the norm. Unless these devices are all > pixel-doubling and -quadrupling without exception, using Media Queries for > the most common responsive design practice — horizontal resolution detection > in pixels — won't work anymore. They will simply cease to be a solution, > leaving no replacement. > We need a new way to do generic device detection, or we need absolute length > units to work. > Anyone from representative groups (Mozilla, Chrome Team, Apple) want to > comment? Does the spec need to be changed? > Best, > -Brian -- cheers, -ambrose
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