Sent by David Gee on 31 January 2003 19:07
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Subject: Re: [css-d] A pixel is a pixel is a... just what is it?
> "The suggested reference pixel is the visual angle of one pixel on a
device
> with a pixel density of 90dpi and a distance from the reader of an arm's
> length. For a nominal arm's length of 28 inches, the visual angle is about
> 0.0227 degrees."
>
> So says the W3C.
the more i learn about the W3C, the less faith I have in the future of the
web. is anybody on this list actually on the standards body? are there any
web-developers at all on the w3c? judging by the look of their website, i'd
say not.
i'm definitely in favor of a standards body, but it really seems that the
w3c is completely disconnected from what matters to me as web developers:
1) pixels are pixels
2) floated divs cannot be contained by any element
3) the box model makes computing width's completely non-intuitive
4) it is impossible to set the height on a DIV to fill the greater of:
window height vs. content height, something which has been done with tables
since i started coding.
david