Mac Apps with Retina-Display Support

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Post by avneeshk91 » Thu, Aug 02, 2012, 7:08 PM UTC

Mac Apps with Retina-Display Support
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Re: Mac Apps with Retina-Display Support

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Post by stevencorona » Thu, Aug 02, 2012, 7:33 PM UTC

I just got a rMBP yesterday. It's surprising/disappointing to me how gross non-retina apps and websites look. Almost worth switching back.. almost. Retina apps are so buttery smooth. I really hope there is wider adoption over the next couple of months.

Re: Mac Apps with Retina-Display Support

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Post by dan1234 » Thu, Aug 02, 2012, 7:45 PM UTC

stevencorona wrote: post #2

I just got a rMBP yesterday. It's surprising/disappointing to me how gross non-retina apps and websites look. Almost worth switching back.. almost. Retina apps are so buttery smooth. I really hope there is wider adoption over the next couple of months.

I wouldn't be too concerned on the app front. The situation was the same when the iPhone first got its retina display but these days most apps are optimised for it.

The web side of things is a different story. AFAIK, there isn't even a nice way to send hires images to hires displays without adversely affecting those browsing with standard DPIs.

Re: Mac Apps with Retina-Display Support

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Post by bwilliams18 » Thu, Aug 02, 2012, 8:03 PM UTC

dan1234 wrote: post #3

stevencorona wrote: post #2

I just got a rMBP yesterday. It's surprising/disappointing to me how gross non-retina apps and websites look. Almost worth switching back.. almost. Retina apps are so buttery smooth. I really hope there is wider adoption over the next couple of months.

I wouldn't be too concerned on the app front. The situation was the same when the iPhone first got its retina display but these days most apps are optimised for it. The web side of things is a different story. AFAIK, there isn't even a nice way to send hires images to hires displays without adversely affecting those browsing with standard DPIs.

I believe apple came up with a tricky way of doing this on their homepage.

Re: Mac Apps with Retina-Display Support

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Post by sthatipamala » Thu, Aug 02, 2012, 8:11 PM UTC

Note: only Chrome Canary and Chrome Dev Channel have Retina support.

Re: Mac Apps with Retina-Display Support

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Post by M4v3R » Thu, Aug 02, 2012, 8:11 PM UTC

dan1234 wrote: post #3

stevencorona wrote: post #2

I just got a rMBP yesterday. It's surprising/disappointing to me how gross non-retina apps and websites look. Almost worth switching back.. almost. Retina apps are so buttery smooth. I really hope there is wider adoption over the next couple of months.

I wouldn't be too concerned on the app front. The situation was the same when the iPhone first got its retina display but these days most apps are optimised for it. The web side of things is a different story. AFAIK, there isn't even a nice way to send hires images to hires displays without adversely affecting those browsing with standard DPIs.

http://mir.aculo.us/2012/06/26/flowchart-how-to-retinafy-you...

Re: Mac Apps with Retina-Display Support

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Post by mikeevans » Thu, Aug 02, 2012, 8:13 PM UTC

sthatipamala wrote: post #5

Note: only Chrome Canary and Chrome Dev Channel have Retina support.

Chrome 21 has Retina support. (It went stable a couple days ago.)

Re: Mac Apps with Retina-Display Support

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Post by tvon » Thu, Aug 02, 2012, 8:19 PM UTC

stevencorona wrote: post #2

I just got a rMBP yesterday. It's surprising/disappointing to me how gross non-retina apps and websites look. Almost worth switching back.. almost. Retina apps are so buttery smooth. I really hope there is wider adoption over the next couple of months.

Gross compared to retina-enabled apps or gross compared to a non-retina MBP?

Re: Mac Apps with Retina-Display Support

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Post by Johngibb » Thu, Aug 02, 2012, 8:40 PM UTC

stevencorona wrote: post #2

I just got a rMBP yesterday. It's surprising/disappointing to me how gross non-retina apps and websites look. Almost worth switching back.. almost. Retina apps are so buttery smooth. I really hope there is wider adoption over the next couple of months.

I just got one last night. I am overall very impressed, although I agree that it really is jarring to hit an app that's not designed for Retina.

Have you tried running the native resolution? It gives you tons of real estate and avoids the retina compatibility problem, assuming your vision is good enough :)

You can't get the native resolution from system preferences, but there are some utilities that make it pretty convenient to get at it: http://osxdaily.com/2012/06/18/3-ways-to-run-a-retina-macboo...

I recommend SetResX on that page, it's free and works really well, and just sits in your menu bar. Just watch out on the downloads page, there are a bunch of ads that look like the download link, make sure you get the right one.

Re: Mac Apps with Retina-Display Support

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Post by egze » Thu, Aug 02, 2012, 8:51 PM UTC

dan1234 wrote: post #3

stevencorona wrote: post #2

I just got a rMBP yesterday. It's surprising/disappointing to me how gross non-retina apps and websites look. Almost worth switching back.. almost. Retina apps are so buttery smooth. I really hope there is wider adoption over the next couple of months.

I wouldn't be too concerned on the app front. The situation was the same when the iPhone first got its retina display but these days most apps are optimised for it. The web side of things is a different story. AFAIK, there isn't even a nice way to send hires images to hires displays without adversely affecting those browsing with standard DPIs.

There is. -webkit-image-set