OT: CSS details

[Fairlight]

You'll never BELIEVE what Tyler said here...:
> The number of units is 100px at any resolution.  The standard is not
> talking about how many pixels you use, however.  The pixels themselves
> are sized differently on the screen depending on the screen's
> resolution.  So a nice thin line at a high resolution may be big and
> ugly at a low resolution.  An HR with a width of 225px will appear to
> be about 1 inch long at a high resolution, but would appear about 6
> inches long at a low resolution (and possibly extend off screen!).
> It is the *size of the pixel*, not the number of pixels being used,
> that is relative.

I understand that perfectly well.  My contention is that using it as a
relative measurement is just plain silly, since it's the finest granularity
on -any- display.  It's about as absolute as you can get without also being
able to specify the resolution as well.

mark->
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