Re: [mediaqueries] Reasoning behind (scan) MQ?

On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 2:00 AM, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com> wrote:
> What's the reasoning behind the (scan) media query?  It has two
> values, "progressive" and "interlaced", which describe different ways
> that TVs (CRTs only?) update their screen.
>
> What's the point of this?

Possibly to avoid interline twitter[1] on interlaced displays.

> What sort of things would you style differently based on this value?

Avoid high contrast 1px borders and other sharpness that would trigger
this type of problem.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlaced_video#Interline_twitter

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Rune Lillesveen

Received on Wednesday, 13 November 2013 23:03:19 UTC