RE: [css3-values] new editor's draft (and [css3-box])

Why do you think it would be broken? 

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From: www-style-request@w3.org [mailto:www-style-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of David Woolley
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Subject: Re: [css3-values] new editor's draft (and [css3-box])


Alex Mogilevsky wrote:
> I think this was proposed before, and there are good use cases.
>
> On high resolution monitors, 'px' unit is bigger than device pixel
+ (e.g. px=1/96in while device pixel is 1/144in). This results in

Such an implementation would be broken.  Valid values for px on such a
device would be 1/72in or 1/144in.  My feeling is that it probably isn't
high enough resolution to step to two device pixels per CSS pixel.


+ proportional scaling (zoom) of all content, and scaling normally applies
+ to everything (including intrinsic sizes).
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