Why EDID is not trustworthy for DPI

[Evandro Giovanini]

Em Qui, 2011-10-06 às 08:21 -0400, Simo Sorce escreveu:
> On Thu, 2011-10-06 at 13:06 +0200, Nicolas Mailhot wrote:
> > Le Mer 5 octobre 2011 21:44, Simo Sorce a écrit :
> > 
> > > Are you saying fonts should change on the fly when I move an app between
> > > 2 monitors that have different DPIs ?
> > 
> > Unfortunately, when you get into situations with more than 150% difference in
> > pixel densities between displays (as we've been creeping towards in the last
> > decade) that's the only way to display text the user will be able to read.
> > 
> > You can check it now easily, just get a run-of-the-mill full-hd 15" laptop
> > (not even a tiny netbook), a run-of-the-mill 22" or more screen (nothing
> > especially uncommon either), create an extended desktop with both screens and
> > try to set a satisfying font size. I defy you to find a setting that won't
> > look way too small or way too big on one of the screens. And it won't matter
> > if the user likes small or big fonts.
> 
> Nicolas I am aware of the issue, but I am also aware of the technical
> difficulties in doing something like that.
> It's not possible today and I am not sure it will be in the near future.
> 
> So currently the only option is to tell the user that we do not support
> multiple displays where pixel density varies by moire than 10% between
> them.
> 
> I would even go as far as saying that by default gnome should refuse to
> let you join together screens of so high difference in density except we
> cannot trust the HW info apparently, so all we are left with is a bad
> user experience.
> 

Please don't. I extend my 11" laptop on a 32" TV and despite poor
readability of regular fonts it still works just fine for what I need -
movie playback, photo viewing, PDF presentations, etc.

--
Evandro