[whatwg] Processing the zoom level - MS extensions to window.screen

[Robert O'Callahan]

On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 1:24 PM, Kevin Marks <kevinmarks at gmail.com> wrote:

> Most video displays have non-square pixels. Standard definition video
> processing resolutions are 720 by 480 for NTSC and 720 by 576 for PAL though
> both are 4 by 3 aspect ratio.
> You can argue whether tv standards count as modern, but there are a lot out
> there.
>

Yeah, I slipped in "modern" to exclude examples that don't fit my argument
:-).

But seriously, GUI platforms and applications used to support non-square
pixel aspect ratios (e.g. Windows in the CGA/EGA era), but no longer do.
That time has passed.

Rob
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