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HTML How to Make a Website Styling Web Pages and Navigation Polish the Navigation and Footer

Mark Shiel
Mark Shiel
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Posted by Mark Shiel
Mark Shiel
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Is it common to double the image size for double density displays? What is the reason behind this?

Obviously as mentioned in the lesson it's to keep the image sharp, but what causes it not to be sharp in the first place? Are double density displays displaying the image at twice it's pixel size so that everyone on the screen is not too small and unreadable?

Anything else that should be considered to accommodate these high resolution screens?

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Jason Anders
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Jason Anders
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Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points

An example: my laptop display is 1024x768 at 13 inches. Retina display laptops are ~2560x1600.

So if your image is only 1024x768, it will look fine on my laptop, but will probably pixelate a bit on a retina-display. However, if you image is already at 2560x1600, it will look the same as the other on my display (so long as dimensions are correctly set), but will stay very clear/crisp on the retina-display.

I hope that makes sense. Keep Coding! :)