On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 8:34 AM, Aryeh Gregor <Simetrical+w3c@gmail.com<Simetrical%2Bw3c@gmail.com> > wrote: > Anyway, it seems clear to me that there's no sense in having physical > units when you have not the slightest idea what the viewing distance > will be. For printing and similar things, physical units should stay > physical, but for display anywhere else, I'd match everything up to > the current definition of pixels. I skimmed through the whole > discussion so far, and haven't seen anyone say why they'd actually > want to use physical units for anything, on a monitor. A diagram > labeled "actual size"? > Yes, that, and touch interfaces. Those are the only use-cases I know of so far. Rob -- "He was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all." [Isaiah 53:5-6]
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