Re: [css3-mediaqueries] Is 'resolution' in terms of device pixels or CSS pixels?

L. David Baron wrote:
> On Sunday 2008-04-06 21:00 -0700, L. David Baron wrote:
>> The 'resolution' media feature has two new units, 'dpi' and 'dpcm'.
>> Are these "dots" supposed to be device pixels or CSS pixels?
> 
> For what it's worth:  when I was thinking about this I was thinking
> about monitors.  But the examples given (probably for printers) make
> it pretty clear that it's referring to device pixels.  I think the
> spec should probably just be clarified to say that.
> 
> Using media queries on resolution to pick font sizes is probably a
> bad idea, though, but it could be useful for things like deciding
> whether to use higher-resolution or lower-resolution (and lower
> bandwidth) images.

I second that.

~fantasai

Received on Monday, 7 April 2008 22:32:11 UTC