Re: [css3-values] Physical length units (was: [css3-mediaqueries] DPI in resolution media queries)

On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 7:31 AM, Lea Verou <leaverou@gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes! That would totally solve it. Although `truemm` is a but unwieldy.
> Some kind of switch that modifies how `mm`,`cm` and `in` behave would be
> better IMO.
>

That would be super confusing IMHO. A new unit is easier.

Potential issue: non-square pixels (quite common in LCD screens that are
> not at their native resolution).
>

Handling that "properly" would be a real nightmare. Just define it to be
the geometric mean of the two axes, and people who are running LCD screens
in strange resolutions don't get great results.

Rob
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