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0 pointsslantyyz6y ago0 comments

> What changed? Why is the transition from 110 PPI to 220 PPI being handled differently than the one from 50 PPI to 110 PPI?

Well that is a user setting, and I tend to think the first retina iPhone is what started the trend.

Also, at certain screen sizes, 1:1 scaling is just impractical due to limitations of the human eye.

My 27" 4K screen is pretty much at my personal limit in terms of what I can handle at 1:1 scaling for my normal viewing distance. Had I gotten a 24" 4K screen, I'd have to set the text scaling to ~125% which would also translate into some lost screen real estate.

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seanmcdirmid6y ago· 2 in thread

> Also, at certain screen sizes, 1:1 scaling is just impractical due to limitations of the human eye.

Scaling isn't even relevant. It makes sense to talk about scaling pixel artifacts, but not vectors one. The font is 8pt or 20pt, you can configure that on your own. 1:1 scaling is just some arbitrary and artificial fixed pixel/letter seen.

A 24" 4K screen (basically a 24" imac) had text the same size as a pre-retina 24" imac, they just used more pixels to render that text.

slantyyzOP6y ago

That's not the way Windows works though. Can't speak for Linux desktops.

seanmcdirmid6y ago

Windows 8+ does, windows 10 has no problem with resolution independence. Some legacy apps that run on windows break, but not something modern like Visual studio, chrome, etc...

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