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Re:The web just gets better with Interop 2024 by TheCoreh on Thursday February 01, 2024 @07:45PM (#39223553)
With HiDPI/Retina displays, that 24px is actually 48px or 72px, so the need for pixel hinting is much less commonplace than it was 10 or 15 years ago.

Also, nothing's really stopping most developers from just scaling it naively to those tiny sizes, in fact it's what commonly happens.

I agree we should keep support for custom icons for each size, and it's probably a best practice, but shouldn't be a _requirement_ anymore.

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Re:The web just gets better with Interop 2024 by globular-toast on Friday February 02, 2024 @03:27AM (#39226436)
How many people have HiDPI displays? It seems to me apart from phones people mostly don't.
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Re:The web just gets better with Interop 2024 by drcongo on Friday February 02, 2024 @05:55AM (#39227283)
Everyone with a Mac?
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Re:The web just gets better with Interop 2024 by globular-toast on Friday February 02, 2024 @08:39AM (#39228405)
So ~10% of users?
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Re:The web just gets better with Interop 2024 by drcongo on Friday February 02, 2024 @09:33AM (#39228919)
Plus anyone with a not-cheap-ass Windows / Linux laptop, and anyone who's bought a desktop monitor in the last several years. I can't remember the last time I had to use a screen that wasn't.
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Re:The web just gets better with Interop 2024 by globular-toast on Friday February 02, 2024 @10:00AM (#39229310)
What's "not-cheap-ass"? The standard "developer spec" type laptops from Dell etc. seem to still come with 1080p screens despite costing upwards of 1k credits. If you search for 27" monitor on Amazon you'll find 1080p models coming up, maybe some QHD ones. I can't imagine many offices kitting out with 4K monitors unless they actually need them.
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