[OT] dynamic resolution web sites

Fri Nov 4 14:36:09 CST 2005

On Friday 04 November 2005 11:53 am, Luke-Jr wrote:
> Last I checked, XHTML/CSS handle dynamic resolutions just fine...

Bahumbug. You need to check again. I run at 1600x1200 at 98 DPI and I 
can say with certainty that pages that are designed to fill the entire 
width of the page start to become unreadable when the font is 11pt. 
That means that lines are REALLY long and it becomes hard to follow 
line-by-line. Resolution isn't just width and height. On a good 
platform (X11 and Mac OSX) it also means the DPI of the monitor. And 
that's to say nothing of the printing issues that are created by virtue 
of printing being done at 600 DPI or more while screens are in the 
lowly range of 75 - 110 DPI. The nasty differences are apparent when 
you try to print off a map from a web page and it becomes less 
readable.

What /should/ happen is that web pages should become /sharper/ 
and /easier to read/ when more pixels are available; not smaller and 
harder to read.

Why did you even reply to this message? Are you going to make the claim 
that SVG has nothing to offer? Just trying to pick a fight for no good 
reason?

> Using Konqueror 3.5-subversion here and all I see is text...

So you didn't even try it? Check your KSVG plugin by trying to click on 
an SVG file in your local file system from Konqueror; it should open up 
in Konqueror. Otherwise file a bug against 3.5 RC1.

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