Are you posting here because there is something specific to WebKit in your query or because you dislike the outcome of the WHATWG thread? Most of us follow the WHATWG closely and generally prefer to discuss standardization issues such as this in that forum to get a broader feedback base.
- James On Friday, November 26, 2010, Charles Pritchard <[email protected]> wrote: > Recently I brought this issue up to the WHATWG mailing list, without much > luck. > > Currently, mobile devices are given access to window.devicePixelRatio, used > for managing what are essentially higher resolution displays. See the iPhone, > Android, etc. Within the desktop environment, devicePixelRatio is not updated > on zoom events. I don't think it should be, but it's something to consider. > Such information is critical to adjusting the resolution of bitmaps, be they > from an image source or a canvas source, to be as crisp as can be. > > Microsoft has gone ahead in IE9 and just exposed a collection of metrics data: > deviceXDPI, logicalXDPI, systemXDPI and "Y" counterparts. > > Source: > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms535868(VS.85).aspx > <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms535868%28VS.85%29.aspx> > > The task at hand is deciding whether or not to expose this information, and > where. Technically, it's quite simple, as it's only a few floating point > values which are already available to the WebKit environment. Zoom events > always trigger a 'resize' event for window, as they alter the innerWidth and > innerHeight of the layout. That resize event is the point in which the > scripting environment would check to see if CSS pixel metrics have changed, > and adjust the page accordingly. I want to note, that I am not speaking at > all about changing how zoom works, or in any way suggesting that zoom be > controlled by the scripting environment / web authors. > > I am recommending that we take a look at Microsoft's .screen extensions, and > decide whether they hold merit, and may be included in WebKit. Doing so would > mean that an independent implementation has picked up the extension, and it > may be on the fast track for standardization. > > I had a rough time bringing this up with Mozilla. I'm hoping for a little > more focus here, on this mailing list. Again, I'm merely looking to have CSS > pixel metrics exposed, and I'm suggesting the MS proposal as it's certain to > exist in their upcoming IE9 release. Their proposal exposes six floating > point variables in the window.screen object, and is sufficient for current > needs. > > Please let me know thoughts on the matter, and try to keep focused on the > fact that we're just looking to expose a few floating points to the scripting > environment, we're not looking to change any existing behaviors in any > existing elements. > > -Charles > _______________________________________________ > webkit-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev > _______________________________________________ webkit-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev
