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0 pointsalexchamberlain14y ago0 comments

A pixel is the smallest controllable dot on a screen. The spec shouldn't have changed the definition of this, but introduced a new unit instead. Personally, I'd have both!

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bzbarsky14y ago

Everyone was already using the existing "px" unit because UAs had shipped it. Would you have preferred that every single web page broke on high-res devices (so that no manufacturer would ever introduce any high-res devices to the market) to the status quo?

What would you have used the "device pixel" unit for, exactly?

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0 pointsalexchamberlain14y ago0 comments

A pixel is the smallest controllable dot on a screen. The spec shouldn't have changed the definition of this, but introduced a new unit instead. Personally, I'd have both!

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bzbarsky14y ago

What would you have used the "device pixel" unit for, exactly?

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