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Retina Mac External display problem

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Re: Retina Mac External display problem

#3

Post by singular »

Not experiencing this with a mid-2012 Mac Book Pro Retina hooked up to an external display via an HDMI/DVI adapter.

I wonder if this is some strange prank designed to get people to look at a screenshot of https://optin.stopwatching.us/, esp. given the '1px reproduction' of this is entitled 'We are watching you!' If so, I really, really don't get it :-S

Re: Retina Mac External display problem

#4

Post by sayhello »

singular wrote: post #3

Not experiencing this with a mid-2012 Mac Book Pro Retina hooked up to an external display via an HDMI/DVI adapter. I wonder if this is some strange prank designed to get people to look at a screenshot of https://optin.stopwatching.us/ , esp. given the '1px reproduction' of this is entitled 'We are watching you!' If so, I really, really don't get it :-S

Not a troll. Actually, let me host another version of the page.

The reason it's got the "We are watching you!" is because i noticed the problem while viewing https://optin.stopwatching.us/

Edit: hosted here: https://people.mozilla.com/~oyiptong/retinadisplayproblem/

Re: Retina Mac External display problem

#7

Post by sayhello »

zoop wrote: post #5

This works for me with my first gen 15" Retina. This also happened to me at https://optin.stopwatching.us/ , and I assumed it was exploiting some kind of bug with fullscreen for an intentional effect. I am using an external 20" older generation Apple display.

It wasn't intentional. I'm not on the team working on stopwatching.us, but I had the issue and wanted to get to the bottom of this.

If you've got the bandwidth, could you please post your monitor model and/or snap a video?

Re: Retina Mac External display problem

#8

Post by singular »

sayhello wrote: post #4
singular wrote: post #3

Not experiencing this with a mid-2012 Mac Book Pro Retina hooked up to an external display via an HDMI/DVI adapter. I wonder if this is some strange prank designed to get people to look at a screenshot of https://optin.stopwatching.us/ , esp. given the '1px reproduction' of this is entitled 'We are watching you!' If so, I really, really don't get it :-S

Not a troll. Actually, let me host another version of the page. The reason it's got the "We are watching you!" is because i noticed the problem while viewing https://optin.stopwatching.us/ Edit: hosted here: https://people.mozilla.com/~oyiptong/retinadisplayproblem/

Ah fair enough, that made me suspicious in particular as that title seemed unrelated to the bug :-)

I wonder whether my HDMI -> DVI adapter is making a difference somehow?

Re: Retina Mac External display problem

#9

Post by zoop »

sayhello wrote: post #7
zoop wrote: post #5

This works for me with my first gen 15" Retina. This also happened to me at https://optin.stopwatching.us/ , and I assumed it was exploiting some kind of bug with fullscreen for an intentional effect. I am using an external 20" older generation Apple display.

It wasn't intentional. I'm not on the team working on stopwatching.us, but I had the issue and wanted to get to the bottom of this. If you've got the bandwidth, could you please post your monitor model and/or snap a video?

Apple Cinema Display ‪23-inch DVI‬ (1920 x 1200) connected through a DVI/DP converter. It doesn't happen when I open the image in photoshop.
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