Re: [css-device-adaptation] New draft

CC'ing Google Android developer Grace, who added the targetDensityDpi
support to Android.

Kenneth

On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 5:06 PM, Kenneth Rohde Christiansen <
kenneth.christiansen@gmail.com> wrote:

> The idea is that on let's say a high dpi Android phone, the default
> contents will be scaled by 1.5 (ie scale 1.0 becomes 1.5, scale 2.0 becomes
> 3.0), making it look exactly like on the iPhone, but not pixel perfect, thus
> not taking advantage of the higher dpi. A page instead can say
> "targetDensityDpi=device-dpi" and the page will not do the 1.5 scaling, thus
> making the css pixel / device pixel 1:1. It should then be possible for the
> web site to query the dpi using -webkit-device-pixel-ratio and include a
> different CSS style.
>
> Kenneth
>
> On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Rune Lillesveen <rune@opera.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:43:11 +0200, Simon Fraser <smfr@me.com> wrote:
>>
>>  On Oct 19, 2010, at 4:10 AM, Rune Lillesveen wrote:
>>>
>>>  Could dpi values for zoom be an acceptable replacement for
>>>> target-densityDpi?
>>>>
>>>> Examples:
>>>>
>>>>  /* Set the zoom factor so that there is a 1-1 relationship between
>>>> physical and CSS pixels */
>>>>  @viewport {
>>>>   zoom: device-dpi
>>>>  }
>>>>
>>>
>>> If you did this, you'd get different behavior on an iPhone 3Gs and an
>>> iPhone 4 (which has the double-resolution Retina display). I don't think
>>> that's the desired behavior. I'd suggest staying away from physical pixels
>>> here.
>>>
>>
>> Yes, that's the idea of the target-densityDpi extension if I understand it
>> correctly. I'd be happy to leave it out, I'm just trying to understand why
>> it's needed.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Rune Lillesveen
>> Senior Core Developer / Architect
>> Opera Software ASA
>>
>>
>
>
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> Kenneth Rohde Christiansen
> Senior Engineer
> Nokia Danmark A/S
> Phone  +55 81 8895 6002 / E-mail kenneth.christiansen at gmail.com
>
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