Thanks Mark. I'm guessing that was on android-discuss? I unsubscribed due to the sheer volume of mails going through.
Hopefully they will fix the docs, but it sounds like things are getting even more subjective now because although there may be a recommended viewing distance there will be a lot of people who don't hold it at the recommended distance in the recommended lighting conditions and view the screen from exactly face on :(. Al. -- * Looking for Android Apps? - Try http://andappstore.com/ * ====== Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company number 6741909. The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's subsidiaries. On 14 Sep 2010, at 11:15, Mark Murphy wrote: > As Ms. Hackborn has pointed out on here a couple of times, the -mdpi, > -hdpi, etc. values going forward will not necessarily match physical > pixel density, to take into account things like viewing distance. I > sincerely hope that the documentation will be updated to reflect this > rationale in the future. > > On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 3:05 AM, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: >> Guys; >> >> I'm wondering if anyone is actually using the density indicators for >> anything more than an indication of screen resolution? >> >> Yesterday I saw a tweet from Reto Meier saying the Galaxy Tab is reporting >> itself as an HDPI device, but, because it's screen is < 170 dpi it should >> only be reporting itself as an mdpi device. The reason that's been given for >> the mis-reporting in the Google blog is that that "It looks better that way" >> (http://bit.ly/9u1sy5), but I'd expect it to look better claiming it's an >> HDPI device because of the state of mdpi-large support in many apps >> (http://bit.ly/aajmf9). >> >> I've put a blog post up about a the tab & another device I know that's >> misreporting it's density at http://bit.ly/ddvcZS, but I'd be interested to >> know if anyone is designing by density, or, as I suspect, most people are >> designing by resolution and using the density indicator as an indication of >> resolution. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Al. >> -- >> >> * Looking for Android Apps? - Try http://andappstore.com/ * >> >> ====== >> Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company >> number 6741909. >> >> The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not >> necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or >> it's subsidiaries. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy > http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en.
