When is a pixel not a pixel?

[yakalskovich]

When it's rendered by Firefox, apparently.

I did think that icons and layout look odd, but today, I saw the same thing side by side in Flock (left) and Firefox (right).



Weird, huh?

Comments

[wiebke.livejournal.com]

Pixels are never pixels... just ask any web designer. Different browser, monitor, color of your shoelaces might change size or appearance of anything on a given web site!

[yakalskovich]

I knew that Safari would 'smooth' the type, but Firefox? Make pictures smaller than they really are, slightly blurring them in the process? Why???

[gethenian.livejournal.com]

You know, that actually explains A LOT. Like why I keep making icons that look very subtly as if they've been put through a blur filter when I upload them. :|

[yakalskovich]

Yes, because they're calculated down by your browser, and that makes them blur a little, as you know from your graphics program: recalculate size, sharpen, rinse, repeat.

Firefox didn't always use to do that. It started doing it with some update or another. I have no friggin' idea why.