Comments on: Resolution Independance in OSX Leopard!? http://mnteractive.com/archive/resolution-independance-in-osx-leopard Minnesota's Interaction Design, Information Architecture, and User Experience Design Community Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:37:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Darrel http://mnteractive.com/archive/resolution-independance-in-osx-leopard/comment-page-1#comment-2063 Darrel Wed, 16 Aug 2006 20:17:09 +0000 http://mnteractive.com/archive/resolution-independance-in-osx-leopard/#comment-2063 "I’m not sure exactly how; it’s just a gut feeling I have." At that resolution, you begin to hit the resolution of paper. As Tufte likes to point out repeatedly, paper is still the better way to communicate dense information simply due to it's resolution. So, I'd say your prediction is spot-on...provided we will see resolution independant OSes and 300ppi displays... “I’m not sure exactly how; it’s just a gut feeling I have.”

At that resolution, you begin to hit the resolution of paper. As Tufte likes to point out repeatedly, paper is still the better way to communicate dense information simply due to it’s resolution.

So, I’d say your prediction is spot-on…provided we will see resolution independant OSes and 300ppi displays…

]]> By: Paul Cantrell http://mnteractive.com/archive/resolution-independance-in-osx-leopard/comment-page-1#comment-2061 Paul Cantrell Wed, 16 Aug 2006 19:05:21 +0000 http://mnteractive.com/archive/resolution-independance-in-osx-leopard/#comment-2061 I'm incredibly down with this. I've been wishing for it for years. I keep saying, with no real reasoning behind it, that given a resolution-independent OS, there's going to be a sweet spot -- somewhere around 200 or 300 ppi -- where user interfaces will fundamentally change. I'm not sure exactly how; it's just a gut feeling I have. Watching these videos of multifinger touch manipulation interface prototypes give some idea how this might happen, but I'm not sure they're the way. <i>Something</i> is going to happen, though. That is my armchair prediction. I’m incredibly down with this. I’ve been wishing for it for years.

I keep saying, with no real reasoning behind it, that given a resolution-independent OS, there’s going to be a sweet spot — somewhere around 200 or 300 ppi — where user interfaces will fundamentally change. I’m not sure exactly how; it’s just a gut feeling I have.

Watching these videos of multifinger touch manipulation interface prototypes give some idea how this might happen, but I’m not sure they’re the way. Something is going to happen, though. That is my armchair prediction.

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