<AWT Dev> [8] Review request for 8011059 [macosx] Make JDK demos look perfect on retina displays

[Mike Swingler]

On Nov 12, 2013, at 11:43 AM, Jim Graham <james.graham at oracle.com> wrote:

> - It looks like the transform is used in SG2D to decide if the hiDPI image should be used.  I'm not familiar with the Mac's native use of @2x, but I thought that they hinged the decision off of the "retina scale" of the display, not off of the current transform.  That way, if you scale down an icon it doesn't change its look when it reaches .5x scale (or .75x depending on the cutoff). Personally, I think it is better to not use the transform to keep animations smooth, but I'm not sure what Apple did.

The -[NSWindow backingScaleFactor] is the basic primitive that other forms of coordinate translation key off of. Keep in mind that this value will dynamically change as the window moves from display to display.

Regards,
Mike Swingler
Apple Inc.