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It will be nice when the technology advances to make full size computer screens with >300dpi screens like the iPhone4. Pixels and heavy font tricks will likely

by hop 15y ago

It will be nice when the technology advances to make full size computer screens with >300dpi screens like the iPhone4. Pixels and heavy font tricks will likely be a relic of the past.

sehugg 15y ago
Until someone patents "High-Resolution Rendering of Scalable Fonts Via Hint Removal."
- alok-g 15y ago
  Well, now they can't!
  - r0s 15y ago
    If only that were true.
alok-g 15y ago
While there is a clear trend towards high-resolution screens (for example see [1] below), higher PPI requires more power, and so should not ideally be used for all applications. [1] http://pinoytutorial.com/techtorial/sharp-85-inch-direct-view-hi-vision-tv-price-specs-and-release-still-unknown/ http://pinoytutorial.com/techtorial/sharp-85-inch-direct-vie...
CamperBob 15y ago
Actually we were there several years ago -- do a search on the IBM T221 monitor. I think they were about $15,000 or so, and they only made them for a couple of years. I imagine it's pretty awkward to use one in Windows, since so many UI elements don't scale in any sensible way.
- naner 15y ago
  I found one on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/IBM-T221-WQUXGA-Display-not-NEC-PA241W-Apple-Cinema-LED-/290567969698 http://cgi.ebay.com/IBM-T221-WQUXGA-Display-not-NEC-PA241W-A... Currently $1,700 to buy it now. 203 dpi. You need Windows 7, Linux, or OSX. I don't believe Windows XP and earlier are capable of scaling properly.
- mambodog 15y ago
  Clearly resolution independent windowing & UI widgets are also a prerequisite, and as this would likely require most existing applications to be extensively modified I don't see either Apple or Microsoft rushing to get it done.
  - adambyrtek 15y ago
    According to a Wikipedia article[1] Microsoft did a good job when it comes to resolution independence, and Apple also makes progress on that front. "Microsoft Windows has supported DPI aware programs since Windows Vista and allows user specified DPI settings for the windowing interface. [...] The Windows Presentation Foundation from Microsoft, and consequently, WPF applications, are also designed to be resolution-independent." "Apple has included some support for resolution independence in recent versions of Mac OS X, which can be demonstrated with the developer tools Quartz Debug, which includes a feature which allows the user to scale the interface." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resolution_independence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resolution_independence

by hop 15y ago

It will be nice when the technology advances to make full size computer screens with >300dpi screens like the iPhone4. Pixels and heavy font tricks will likely be a relic of the past.

sehugg 15y ago

Until someone patents "High-Resolution Rendering of Scalable Fonts Via Hint Removal."

alok-g 15y ago
Well, now they can't!
- r0s 15y ago
  If only that were true.

alok-g 15y ago

While there is a clear trend towards high-resolution screens (for example see [1] below), higher PPI requires more power, and so should not ideally be used for all applications. [1] http://pinoytutorial.com/techtorial/sharp-85-inch-direct-view-hi-vision-tv-price-specs-and-release-still-unknown/ http://pinoytutorial.com/techtorial/sharp-85-inch-direct-vie...

CamperBob 15y ago

Actually we were there several years ago -- do a search on the IBM T221 monitor. I think they were about $15,000 or so, and they only made them for a couple of years. I imagine it's pretty awkward to use one in Windows, since so many UI elements don't scale in any sensible way.

naner 15y ago
I found one on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/IBM-T221-WQUXGA-Display-not-NEC-PA241W-Apple-Cinema-LED-/290567969698 http://cgi.ebay.com/IBM-T221-WQUXGA-Display-not-NEC-PA241W-A... Currently $1,700 to buy it now. 203 dpi. You need Windows 7, Linux, or OSX. I don't believe Windows XP and earlier are capable of scaling properly.
mambodog 15y ago
Clearly resolution independent windowing & UI widgets are also a prerequisite, and as this would likely require most existing applications to be extensively modified I don't see either Apple or Microsoft rushing to get it done.
- adambyrtek 15y ago
  According to a Wikipedia article[1] Microsoft did a good job when it comes to resolution independence, and Apple also makes progress on that front. "Microsoft Windows has supported DPI aware programs since Windows Vista and allows user specified DPI settings for the windowing interface. [...] The Windows Presentation Foundation from Microsoft, and consequently, WPF applications, are also designed to be resolution-independent." "Apple has included some support for resolution independence in recent versions of Mac OS X, which can be demonstrated with the developer tools Quartz Debug, which includes a feature which allows the user to scale the interface." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resolution_independence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resolution_independence