Firefox image zoom is bad
in [UK Linux]
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From: Dave Farrance on 2 Dec 2009 05:48 Original image: http://anvil.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/images/alice1.png Hit zoom in Firefox (ctrl-+) three times using both Firefox for Linux and Firefox for Windows -- and look at the difference: http://anvil.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/images/alice1-zoom-comp.png The Linux version isn't anti-aliassed and it's got jaggies all over it. Why? X-windows can handle it, obviously, since I'm running it on Wine. (I'm using Mandriva 10.0 with the nVidia proprietary X.org driver.) -- Dave Farrance
From: Mike Easter on 2 Dec 2009 07:54 Dave Farrance wrote: > Hit zoom in Firefox (ctrl-+) three times using both Firefox for Linux > and Firefox for Windows -- and look at the difference: IMO inmyopinion that is a 'dumb' test/experiment, where 'dumb' in this context means an experiment which is not well designed and therefore is likely or prone to give results which aren't particularly useful. If you are going to design an experiment, you should determine what parameters you are seeking to test so that you can isolate or focus on those parameters. Saying "I noticed that when I zoom in linux firefox I get a funkier result than when I zoom in win firefox." doesn't advance anything useful. -- Mike Easter
From: Dave Farrance on 2 Dec 2009 08:53 "Mike Easter" <MikeE(a)ster.invalid> wrote: >Dave Farrance wrote: > >> Hit zoom in Firefox (ctrl-+) three times using both Firefox for Linux >> and Firefox for Windows -- and look at the difference: > >IMO inmyopinion that is a 'dumb' test/experiment, where 'dumb' in this >context means an experiment which is not well designed and therefore is >likely or prone to give results which aren't particularly useful. I've not got as far as any tests. I've reported an observation, here. >If you are going to design an experiment, you should determine what >parameters you are seeking to test so that you can isolate or focus on >those parameters. The results are visible, but to me, the cause is not. Hence my posting it here so that somebody might say that they know what's going on, or indeed, suggest a test or experiment. >Saying "I noticed that when I zoom in linux firefox I get a funkier >result than when I zoom in win firefox." doesn't advance anything >useful. Hence the screen capture that I posted which shows the problem clearly enough. Maybe you might find something useful to say? -- Dave Farrance
From: Mike Easter on 2 Dec 2009 09:20 Dave Farrance wrote: > "Mike Easter" >> Dave Farrance wrote: >> >>> Hit zoom in Firefox (ctrl-+) three times using both Firefox for Linux >>> and Firefox for Windows -- and look at the difference: >> >> IMO inmyopinion that is a 'dumb' test/experiment, > Hence the screen capture that I posted which shows the problem clearly > enough. You are missing my point. -- Mike Easter
From: Dave Farrance on 2 Dec 2009 12:05
"Mike Easter" <MikeE(a)ster.invalid> wrote: >Dave Farrance wrote: >> "Mike Easter" >>> Dave Farrance wrote: >>> >>>> Hit zoom in Firefox (ctrl-+) three times using both Firefox for >Linux >>>> and Firefox for Windows -- and look at the difference: >>> >>> IMO inmyopinion that is a 'dumb' test/experiment, > >> Hence the screen capture that I posted which shows the problem clearly >> enough. > >You are missing my point. My best guess is that you missed the fact that the original post was posed as a question. The word "Why?" is in there. -- Dave Farrance |