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The top comment in this thread details why it looks clear: some icons have different proportions for different icon sizes to make sure things look okay. So the
by swsieber 10y ago
The top comment in this thread details why it looks clear: some icons have different proportions for different icon sizes to make sure things look okay. So the problem is that proportions planned for one physical size are used for a smaller physical size.
- coldtea 10y ago16x16 and 32x32 allow for the same proportions though (including alpha-ed out pixels). And if the icon looks ok in 32x32 on a low-dpi screen, it will look doubly so as a 16x16 virtual pixels with doubled resolution underneath in a high-dpi one.
- RubyPinch 10y agoa 256x256 keyboard icon, is going to look pretty bad at 1cm x 1cm A bunch of details really close together looks like noise, not information
- inlined 10y agoNot necessarily. When the first iPhone came out with retina display I eventually realized that the contacts app had incredibly tiny letters on the tabs. It was only visible if you looked very closely but was an amazing touch of polish.