[whatwg] High-density canvases

[Tab Atkins Jr.]

On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 6:24 PM, Glenn Maynard <glenn at zewt.org> wrote:
>> Yeah, my suggestion, if we do this, would be to not do it until high
>> density displays are even more widely available than now. This is mostly a
>> convenience and performance-improving API, not a critical feature add.
>
> High-DPI displays are already widespread in mobile (all Apple devices
> except for the iPad Mini; the Kindle Fire HD), and by contrast there's no
> sign of them for desktops, so I think we're either there now or we won't be
> for a long time.

High-end laptops have high-dpi screens (the Pixel I'm using right now
has one), and they're slowly spreading down the price scale.

~TJ