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IMO this is easily fixable by making any display output its exact pixel size as some sort of universal standard. For example, 1 pixel = 0.0147 cm. And vice vers
by nothis 9y ago
IMO this is easily fixable by making any display output its exact pixel size as some sort of universal standard. For example, 1 pixel = 0.0147 cm. And vice versa. Together with the screen diagonal size (and maybe some flag whether it's a tablet or desktop, etc), you have all the information needed. You could perfectly adjust websites for different use.
On a Mac (probably elsewhere, too), you can open an A4 print PDF and have it exactly the same size as the output, to the millimeter. That is so helpful.
- mjevans 9y agoSuch a standard exists, but it measures the total display area across the entire width and height of the display. Thus the pixel to pixel gaps become negligible compared to the imprecision of humans interpreting illuminated pixels. EDID parameters 20 and 21... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_Display_Identification_Data#EDID_1.4_data_format https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_Display_Identificatio...