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This author's insightful article is easily destroyed by his sheer arrogance and the tone at which he makes an inappropriate statement, attacking the majority of
by neya 14y ago
This author's insightful article is easily destroyed by his sheer arrogance and the tone at which he makes an inappropriate statement, attacking the majority of the users.
"The Retina MacBook Pro is still very much a luxury item, but we've had a Retina iPad for almost a year and the iPhone 4 for two and half years. And yet, the internet is still having a hard time adopting."
Because the rest of the internet aren't Apple fanboys and unfortunately, that's the massive majority.
The ideal solution - Don't give a shit about Retina displays, because these tiny fraction of Retina users are already 'used to' looking at normal websites in a pixelated fashion. They'll get used to your website too.
Until the retina resolution is adopted by the rest of the Internet, you have my zero fucks.
- joshtynjala 14y agoI got the impression that the author was trying to be funny by using exaggerated arrogance. However, that made the actual advice lose its impact because the author didn't seem serious about it. Or worse, it almost sounded like the author was giving the advice sarcastically and meant the opposite.
- untog 14y agoI was also deeply confused by the capitalisation of Progress in the first paragraph. I wondered briefly whether it was some kind of web/retina image framework.
- baddox 14y agoRead the article. The author is claiming that it is worth being ahead of the curve, because Retina-esque displays are quickly becoming the norm. There was no implication that Retina-esque displays are currently the majority.
- sp332 14y agoHeck, my $100 non-Apple phone has a ~330 ppi display, same as a "retina" iPhone. And high-res displays (especially from Korea) have plummeted in price. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4292450 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4292450 High-DPI won't be a niche for long.
- mje__ 14y agoThose two are not the same thing at all; a 27" 2560x1440 like the one you link to is ~108dpi.
- sp332 14y agoAccording to Apple's math for "Retina", phones are held at 10" and you need 330ppi like an iPhone. But laptop screens are used at 16" and only need 220ppi like the new Retina MacBooks. So if you use a monitor at a distance of 30" (which is more likely if you use a huge 27" monitor) then you only need about 120ppi to have the same angular resolution. I've seen one of those Korean monitors, and they're definitely dense enough that you need to increase the size of elements on the display. That means pixelization unless you use high-res assets.
- mje__ 14y agoGood to know. Got schooled on angular resolution today :)
- smiddereens 14y agoI hear targeting EGA saves you a lot on storage.