- From: Frank Olivier <Frank.Olivier@microsoft.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 15:37:01 +0000
- To: Jonas Sicking <jonas@sicking.cc>, Charl van Niekerk <charlvn@charlvn.com>
- CC: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>, Simon Pieters <simonp@opera.com>, "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>, Leonard Rosenthol <lrosenth@adobe.com>, Henri Sivonen <hsivonen@iki.fi>, Karl Dubost <karld@opera.com>, "public-html@w3.org" <public-html@w3.org>
"Is there a way to use media queries to ask for the zoom level? If so, it seems like this use case would be addressed as long as we come up with a syntax which lets you choose image based on media query." http://www.webkit.org/blog/55/high-dpi-web-sites/ WebKit proposed min-device-pixel-ratio in 2006. -----Original Message----- From: public-html-request@w3.org [mailto:public-html-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Jonas Sicking Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 8:09 AM To: Charl van Niekerk Cc: Maciej Stachowiak; Simon Pieters; Tab Atkins Jr.; Leonard Rosenthol; Henri Sivonen; Karl Dubost; public-html@w3.org Subject: Re: Adaptive images On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Charl van Niekerk <charlvn@charlvn.com> wrote: > On 01 Jun 2011, at 11:57 PM, Maciej Stachowiak wrote: >> This rarely comes up. Usually the user is either looking at the site zoomed out, or panning around in true 1 to 1 size, or the site is designed to fit in one screen width without zooming in or out. > > This is, generally speaking, my observation as well, which is why the > current convention of "display thumbnail linked to the larger version" > worked so well for so many years. The main problem with this approach > is that it has usability problems. Some users attempt to zoom in on > the thumbnail instead of opening the larger version (particularly on > mobile devices). Also, even on "traditional" computers, some people > would for example save the thumbnail image when they actually intend > to save the full version to their hard drives. (Actually had this case > with my mom the other day, which is why it's fresh in my mind.) Is there a way to use media queries to ask for the zoom level? If so, it seems like this use case would be addressed as long as we come up with a syntax which lets you choose image based on media query. / Jonas
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