- From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 22:17:08 -0800
- To: Rune Lillesveen <rune@opera.com>
- Cc: www-style list <www-style@w3.org>
On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Rune Lillesveen <rune@opera.com> wrote: > 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 Okay, that's useful. Thanks! ~TJ
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