Coming from a web design background, I take offense on this. All GOOD web designers think about screen density and user accessibility quite a bit. CSS media queries are my favorite way of making it easy on those with screens I am jealous of. On Aug 14, 2011 9:43 AM, "Mark Murphy" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 4:57 AM, Droid <[email protected]> wrote: >> I find too many possible image folders confusing and it does not seem >> to make any difference if I make an image in Photoshop as 70 dpi, 150 >> dpi or whatever - it just makes a bigger or smaller image. > > Of course. That's the point. On a high density device, you use a > high-pixel-count image to result in something that renders the right > size but has more detail. On a low density device, you use a > low-pixel-count image to result in something that renders the right > size (i.e., not blown up huge). > >> So, can I use just drawable-small, large, xlarge and DROP all my hdpi, >> mdpi and ldpi folders > > Not really. > >> (which confuse me). > > Since screen density is going to be fairly important in all GUI > programming going forward, perhaps you should consider learning more > about screen density, rather than thinking you can ignore the problem. > > For example, I am typing this on a notebook with a 15.6" notebook with > a 1080p (1920x108) display. This is a significantly higher screen > density than typical notebooks. As a result, icons, text, etc. tend to > come out smaller, since few programmers or Web designers think about > screen density. And, sometimes Web designers even actively prevent > solutions (e.g., can't increase font size using a browser because > they're doing something screwy that just doesn't respond). > >> If I can get away with this, life would be so much easier. > > Not really. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy > http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > _Android Programming Tutorials_ Version 3.9 Available! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
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