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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Making absolute point mode defaultRe: Making absolute point mode default
From: Paul Louden <paulthenerd_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 18:35:20 -0500 On 10/26/2010 6:22 PM, Antony Stone wrote: > On Wednesday 27 October 2010 at 00:45, Paul Louden wrote: > > From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display_resolution - > "the use of the word resolution here is a misnomer, though common" > "resolution properly refers to the pixel density, the number of pixels per > unit distance or area, not total number of pixels" What you're quoting here is talking about the misuse of the word "resolution" as a computing term, but it *is* a computing term. "Display resolution" in the context of a fixed pixel display refers to the number of horizontal and vertical pixels the physical display has, or in some cases, the number it's displaying currently. Read the very first sentence of the article you quoted: "The *display resolution* of a digital television <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_television> or display device <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display_device> is the number of distinct pixels <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel> in each dimension that can be displayed." Please, when quoting things, look at the whole article, don't just grab subquotes to support your point - the term can mean either thing but in the context of fixed pixel displays it almost always means the physical number of pixels. Received on 2010-10-27 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |