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by anujseth 5716 days ago
The newer managed code UI libraries for Windows, WPF and Silverlight are built from the ground up to support resolution independence.

Further reading, http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms748373.aspx#visual...

http://www.charlespetzold.com/blog/2005/11/250723.html

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My Vaio has a 143dpi screen (1920x1080 on 15.4") and applications written to take heed of my DPI setting look great, other apps do not - in particular chrome and firefox which you need to use extensions to have it remember your custom zoom settings correctly. It can get quite frustrating.