- From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:37:07 -0800
- To: Charles Pritchard <chuck@jumis.com>
- Cc: "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 8:08 PM, Charles Pritchard <chuck@jumis.com> wrote: > This list hit a bit of a dead-end on discussing how to represent physical > dimensions: I'm going to widen my gaze. Now seems like a fantastic time to > talk about device units and viewing distance. > > Can we pull off a media query that says: (viewing-distance: 8ft)? When > there's on person in the room, it's becoming feasible to judge how far the > person is from the screen. > Does it make sense to consider "target-distance" ? > > If we are considering overlays on contact lenses are steradians something we > want to consider? Viewing distance is already implicit in the definition of "px", which is defined in terms of viewing angle <http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-values/#reference-pixel>. So, there's nothing you have to do. ~TJ
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