[whatwg] Features for responsive Web design

[Tab Atkins Jr.]

On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 11:48 AM, Ian Hickson <ian at hixie.ch> wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Oct 2012, Mark Callow wrote:
>> On 2012/10/06 7:09, Ian Hickson wrote:
>> > I agree, when there's 3x displays, this could get to the point where we
>> > need to solve it. :-)
>>
>> With the current displays, it's just not that big a deal, IMHO. If by 3x
>> you mean displays whose dpi is 3x that of CSS pixels (96dpi), they
>> already exist in retail products. I saw 2 last week.
>
> Can you elaborate?
>
> How many device pixels per CSS pixel do browsers on those devices use? Are
> they just making CSS pixels smaller, or are they actually using 3x?

http://www.zdnet.com/google-nexus-10-tablet-to-have-higher-res-display-than-ipad-7000005466/
appears to be 299dpi
http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=22223 appears to be 440dpi

These devices aren't out yet, but I suspect browsers would be
more-or-less as high-dpi as possible.

~TJ