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From: Alex Harui <aharui@adobe.com>
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Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:44:43 -0800
Subject: Re: [IDEAS] Flex: New user interface design
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On 2/27/12 2:58 PM, "Erik Lundgren" <erik@lndgrn.se> wrote:

>=20
> 27 feb 2012 kl. 23.18 skrev Alex Harui:
>=20
>> Let's assume it won't be fixed but you may be able to get a rough, but n=
ot
>> exact idea of resolution/density via other means (JS, ANE).
>=20
> I've researched this all day and I cant find any cross browser js api tha=
t
> allows you to break out of the 96 ppi abstract screen that the browser as=
sumes
> for rendering. In extreme cases, like the iPhone 4, I belive the user age=
nt
> recalculates the pixel values.
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> If we could do it in air using native extensions, but not on the web shou=
ld we
> do it anyway? I don't know.
I think my desktop monitor distorts the video output of my laptop,
stretching it wider than it is on the laptop.  So, I don't know of any way
to guarantee you could measure a screen and see the same size you intended.

But allowing different units in CSS and trying our best to get a better
sense of the density might still be worth it.

--=20
Alex Harui
Flex SDK Team
Adobe Systems, Inc.
http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui