[thelist] Re: thelist digest, Vol 1 #1804 - 36 msgs

[Kevin Raleigh]

I appreciate the detail

One of those questions I knew the answer to but the details
were fuzzy. You know how that is!

Thank You
Kevin


> At 05:18 PM 11/20/2001 -0800, you wrote:
> >Is there any difference in size of an image at 8 x 6
> >1024 x 768 etc...
> >
> >My image measures 200 x 200. will it still measure
> >200 x 200 in all browsers regardless of the users
> >resolution?
>
> Yes, a 200 x 200 pixel image will be 200 x 200 pixels regardless of screen
> resolution and screen size.  However, a 200 x 200 image will look bigger
at
> 600 x 800 resolution than it will at 1024 x 768 because it will take up a
> larger percentage of the screen.
>
> 200 pixels is 33% of the screen width at 600 x 800.  At 1024 x 800, 200
> pixels is only 20% of the screen, so it seems a lot smaller.

> Well that depends on what you mean by "measure."
>
> Your image is 200 pixels (px) by 200px.
> At a screen resolution of 800px x 600px, your image will be 200px x 200
px.
> On a 17" monitor, that image will be about 3.2" x 3.2".
>
> At a screen resolution of 1024px x 768px, your image will be 200px x
200px.
> On a 17" monitor, that image will now be about 2.5" x 2.5". So it will be
> smaller (in inches), but the same size (in pixels).
>
> Wade