Trapped in a Bitmapped World

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In a recent blog entry, Don Park waxed poetic about 1600x1480 15" LCDs. That's more of a microfiche reader than an actual screen. High DPI displays, though, aren't the root of the problem. As Scoble points out, the real issue is Windows itself:

This is a companion discussion topic for the original blog entry at: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2004/11/trapped-in-a-bitmapped-world.html
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If you haven’t already read Ian Griffiths blog entries on vector graphics and high-dpi support then take a look at the following:

http://www.interact-sw.co.uk/iangblog/2004/05/20/vectors

http://www.interact-sw.co.uk/iangblog/2004/05/27/imageeffects

http://www.interact-sw.co.uk/iangblog/2004/07/01/dpi

There is also some discussion in the comments section of his following article comparing Apple’s Quartz with GDI+ and Avalon.

http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2004/03/08/winfs_detail_3.html?page=2

Cheers

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Wow, really great links-- that’s exactly what I was thinking of. Thanks!

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Good question. The “right” resolution is equal to the number of physical pixels (HxW) on the display. On some (most?) LCDs it is also the maximum supported resolution.

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How does one find out what the “right” res is for their LCD?