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Re:Firefox 36.0 released by Scarbutt on Tuesday February 24, 2015 @02:33PM (#9102946)
You do realize the screenshot is an image right?
Re:Firefox 36.0 released by TazeTSchnitzel on Tuesday February 24, 2015 @03:34PM (#9103319)
That doesn't matter. The pixel output of subpixel rendering only works on monitors with the pixel layout it's intended for.
Re:Firefox 36.0 released by zem on Tuesday February 24, 2015 @04:20PM (#9103610)
whoa, that is something i never thought about before.
Re:Firefox 36.0 released by aw3c2 on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @05:20PM (#9110166)
Take a screenshot and zoom in on text, chances are that you will see lots of subtly colored pixels around it.
Re:Firefox 36.0 released by puetzk on Tuesday February 24, 2015 @04:23PM (#9103621)
Yes, but font hinting takes advantage of the specific subpixel layout of your LCD (e.g is the order RGB left-to-right, top-to-bottom, two greens and forming a square, etc). If you take a screenshot and look at it on another monitor, it's quite possible for it to look awful because your RGB subpixel layout and the source differ.
Re:Firefox 36.0 released by agumonkey on Tuesday February 24, 2015 @02:48PM (#9103027)
Don't be so quick my dear, sometimes screenshots differ dramatically from what the user sees.
Re:Firefox 36.0 released by thegeomaster on Tuesday February 24, 2015 @03:13PM (#9103186)
Yes, a JPEG image :)