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The user experience when viewing webpages is improved by actually showing a lower-resolution image while the crisp high-resolution image is being downloaded (ho
by gerrit 14y ago
The user experience when viewing webpages is improved by actually showing a lower-resolution image while the crisp high-resolution image is being downloaded (however slowly), similar to progressive JPEGs.
Depending on the data contract, the user experience when viewing their mobile phone bills might be affected negatively though.
- downx3 14y agoWould it be better to sniff the header? Accept: RETINA Something like that, at least then you could turn it off in the browser.
- downx3 14y agoMight be just as well to sniff the user agent.
- goatforce5 14y agoIs there a difference in the user agent between iOS 5.1 on a 3GS and a 4S?
- downx3 14y agoThought it might be better to sniff the device resolution, but apparently the ipad3 lies! http://www.priteshgupta.com/2012/04/detecting-ipad-3-for-specific-stylesheet-and-images/ http://www.priteshgupta.com/2012/04/detecting-ipad-3-for-spe...
- ryannielsen 14y agoThe iPhone 4 and 4S also "lie". It's not really a lie, though. The displays are intended to have higher pixel density, not more screen real estate. By reporting the "incorrect" size, websites are actually sized consistently across all generations of iPhones and iPads, but the retina devices render the same content with higher resolution. PS: you may wish to add a "(-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2)" clause to your media queries if you want to target retina devices.
- mnutt 14y agoNot that I can tell, unfortunately.