Re: [ft-devel] display broken

2012-05-30 Thread Miles Bader
Alexei Podtelezhnikov writes: >> Well, I've read that that Apple is going to sell iBooks with >> `retina displays' soon, with really impressive DPI values, and I >> suspect that other companies will provide similar things, which is >> good! > > Let me steer this discussion away from commerce and b

Re: [ft-devel] display broken

2012-05-30 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> With DPI = 326 on IPhone 4S and DPI = 264 on IPad, would you agree > that hinting and subpixel rendering becomes less critical, whereas > the speed of the rasterizer needs to be revisited? This sounds sensible. Speed is always good, so if you want to work on that, please do so! Whether this i

Re: [ft-devel] display broken

2012-05-30 Thread Alexei Podtelezhnikov
On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 3:34 AM, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > Well, I've read that that Apple is going to sell > iBooks with `retina displays' soon, with really impressive DPI values, > and I suspect that other companies will provide similar things, which > is good! > Let me steer this discussion away

Re: [ft-devel] display broken

2012-05-30 Thread Hirwen HARENDAL
Hi Werner > an hour ago my computer screen backlight has died. :-( It will take a > few days until a replacement screen arrives, delaying most of my > computer activities. ** Very bad news... Blacklight desktop or laptop? > Well, I've read that that Apple is going to sell > iBooks with `re

Re: [ft-devel] display broken

2012-05-30 Thread Werner LEMBERG
>> an hour ago my computer screen backlight has died. :-( It will take >> a few days until a replacement screen arrives, delaying most of my >> computer activities. > > ** Very bad news... Blacklight desktop or laptop? A laptop backlight. >> Well, I've read that that Apple is going to sell iBoo

[ft-devel] display broken

2012-05-30 Thread Werner LEMBERG
Folks an hour ago my computer screen backlight has died. :-( It will take a few days until a replacement screen arrives, delaying most of my computer activities. Fortunately, I've found a company which still offers a 1680x1050 display for my old Dell. It's depressing to see that there are no h