“There is a lot of buzz and speculation floating around as to what we’ll see in the Mac OS X 10.5 update that will be previewed (and I suspect released) at this August’s World Wide Developer’s Conference,” David Chartier writes for The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW). “One exciting ‘fundamental feature’ John Gruber hinted at last November has been mentioned again by a developer named Dustin MacDonald: resolution independence… This idea of resolution independence, as you might glean from the name, is a new concept (as far as I know) that restructures how element sizes are defined in Mac OS X, ideally making it possible for higher resolutions without forcing users to squint at everything they do on-screen. This also could usher in much higher ppi resolutions which could bring computer displays that much closer to properly displaying high-detail objects.”
Chartier writes, “The reason I’m mentioning all this is that Dustin MacDonald, the aforementioned developer, has echoed Gruber’s sentiment that evidence of Apple’s move to resolution independence is already present in 10.4, and he goes a little further to explain some of these elements for those who really wanna get their nerd on.”
Full article here.
Dustin MacDonald has more about “resolution independence” in Mac OS X Leopard here.
Info about 512×512 pixel Mac OS X icons (Portuguese to English Google translation) here.
MacDailyNews Take: Take it from us, Apple’s 17-inch MacBook Pro’s 1680×1050 resolution screens cry for a Mac OS X that’s capable of “resolution independence.” Let’s hope Leopard delivers just such a capability.
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Resolution Dependence was a good idea once, a long time ago…but 9/11 changed everything.
Are Mac users dumb?
If two typists can type two pages in two minutes, how many typists will it take to type 20 pages in four minutes?
Answer = 10 typists
no – answer is 12
You’ve subconsciously revealed you’re a Brit, so your comments don’t matter.
Jeez, sorry that I opened up a huge can of worms yesterday with my speculation on further cat names. You guys need to get laid!
Now, on topic, the betas of Vista already have resolution independence. There are videos that Microsucks has released showing off the “new” features of Vista – although this is one that truly counts as new.
And “Vista is Better”,
Dashboard is actually very useful. I use it all the time. For example, looking up how to spell a word in the Dictionary widget or looking at the Calender widget to figure out a date. To mouse over to a “Vista sidebar” (or whatever they are going to call that crap) or up to the menubar is also disrupting your workflow. Your workflow will be disrupted either way.
So says Cubert.
I didn’t say it wasn’t useful, just that Vista does it better; particularly for information/news displays. I’m much more likely to notice a new RSS story or weather alert if its on the desktop I’m using. I don’t have to remember to f-key/hot corner to bring up a different layer every five minutes when I think their might be a flood or tornado warning, for example.
Over a year ago!
It’s old, old news, but still sweet
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Just how useful is “resolution independence” going to be, regardless of whether it’s OS X or Vista, if screen hardware isn’t “resolution independent”, and how could you even make a “resolution independent” monitor? I’m dubious that it’s even technologically possible.
It seems to me that true resolution is dependent on the actual number of pixels on a monitor. I guess I’ll have to see “resolution independence” in action before I’ll understand it. Even with the need to use glasses due to ageing eyes, I can still make out the dots (dpi or ppl, take your pick ) on monitors, and it seems to me that hardware pixels are what really determines resolution.
All the talk of “resolution independence” makes it sound like some form of “enhanced” anti-aliasing.
@Ampar
Apple could switch to naming the OS after primates finally sending Ballmer over the edge. A rain of flying chairs and feces before a total meltdown.
Hilarious. Which I had got to this sooner. Nothing to add. 🙁
“I can still make out the dots (dpi or ppl, take your pick ) on monitors, and it seems to me that hardware pixels are what really determines resolution.”
True. An LCD monitor has a native resolution – using anything other than that just makes things look blurry. Now, when you get up to a screen resolution of 1900 x 1200 on a 17″ monitor the pixels “mesh” better because they are so small (that’s 2.3 mega pixels on a single screen). This makes the anti-aliasing that much more effective therefore giving you MUCH sharper text and images. The resolution independence feature will only TRULY be noticed when Apple starts incorporating higher NATIVE resolution monitors into their products. Current Mac LCD screens will only notice a mild gain if any.
Ok.
Enough with the STUPID ads already.
From now on I’m coming, grabbing the ‘Full Article Here’ link and getting the frell out before I accidently mouse over the double lined ‘links’ (ads).
Is MDN content to annoy their readers enough to get the ad revenue?
It would appear so.
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