[Trac #1171] chat windows in gmail cause browser widget to be resized off screen

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Mon Mar 26 18:29:56 EDT 2007


#1171: chat windows in gmail cause browser widget to be resized off screen
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 Reporter:  blizzard     |        Owner:  marco  
     Type:  defect       |       Status:  new    
 Priority:  high         |    Milestone:  Trial-1
Component:  web browser  |   Resolution:         
 Keywords:               |  
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Comment (by jg):

 No, not at all strange.

 I believe I explained this before (in another trac bug).

 Windows hardwires 96 DPI into *everything*.  Therefore Owen did the
 sensible thing for GTK, and followed the same tack. Gecko probably does
 likewise.

 So messing with the DPI that applications *think* they are using just
 breaks web layouts right and left.

 Chalk one up to "standards....

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