[PATCH 2/2] protocol: Support scaled outputs and surfaces

[Pekka Paalanen]

On Thu, 16 May 2013 16:43:52 -0500
Jason Ekstrand <jason at jlekstrand.net> wrote:

> The point of this soi is to allow surfaces to render the same size on
> different density outputs.

Are you serious? Really? Same size measured in meters?

I do not think that will ever work:
http://blogs.gnome.org/danni/2011/12/15/more-on-dpi/
and doing it via scaling is going to be worse.

Going for the same size is a very different problem than just trying to
get all apps readable by default. I'm not sure same size is a better
goal than same look.

And on a side note:
http://web.archive.org/web/20120102153021/http://www.fooishbar.org/blog

Which email was your detailed proposition?


Thanks,
pq