Homestead Technologies is a web hosting company based in Burlington, Massachusetts.
41-1032: Homestead offers its members WYSIWIG tools to build and publish their own websites. Since its founding in 1997 as a free service provider, Homestead has expanded the scope of its services to include online marketing, paid search ads, SEO tools and e-commerce services. Homestead.com, which launched in June 1998, enables Internet users to build a website, with focus on small businesses, e-commerce, and their related services, such as consulting, listings and online business directories. Founded in October 1997 by Justin S. Kitch and Thai Bui, in Menlo Park, California , Homestead quickly became popular due to its accessibility and ease of use. Its proprietary drag-and-drop SiteBuilder platform enabled users with no prior knowledge of coding or web programming to create fully functioning websites for personal, educational or business use. Homestead
82-466: A 4K display with a pixel density of 807 PPI, the highest of any smartphone as of 2017. Android supports the following logical DPI values for controlling how large content is displayed: The digital publishing industry primarily uses pixels per inch but sometimes pixels per centimeter is used, or a conversion factor is given. The PNG image file format only allows the meter as the unit for pixel density. The following table show how pixel density
123-421: A camera or image scanner . Horizontal and vertical density are usually the same, as most devices have square pixels , but differ on devices that have non-square pixels. Pixel density is not the same as resolution — where the former describes the amount of detail on a physical surface or device, the latter describes the amount of pixel information regardless of its scale. Considered in another way,
164-399: A pixel has no inherent size or unit (a pixel is actually a sample), but when it is printed, displayed, or scanned, then the pixel has both a physical size (dimension) and a pixel density (ppi). Since most digital hardware devices use dots or pixels, the size of the media (in inches) and the number of pixels (or dots) are directly related by the 'pixels per inch'. The following formula gives
205-458: A 0.44 inch (1.12 cm) SVGA LCD with a pixel density of 2272 PPI (each pixel only 11.25 μm). In 2011 they followed this up with a 3760-DPI 0.21-inch diagonal VGA colour display. The manufacturer says they designed the LCD to be optically magnified, as in high-resolution eyewear devices. Holography applications demand even greater pixel density, as higher pixel density produces
246-524: A different typeface or size. In this environment there was very little distinction between text editors and word processors . These applications typically used an arbitrary markup language to define the codes/tags. Each program had its own special way to format a document, and it was a difficult and time-consuming process to change from one word processor to another. The use of markup tags and codes remains popular today in some applications due to their ability to store complex formatting information. When
287-477: A different way to a bright, evenly lit interactive display from how it does to prints on paper. High pixel density display technologies would make supersampled antialiasing obsolete, enable true WYSIWYG graphics and, potentially enable a practical “ paperless office ” era. For perspective, such a device at 15 inch (38 cm) screen size would have to display more than four Full HD screens (or WQUXGA resolution). The PPI pixel density specification of
328-624: A display is also useful for calibrating a monitor with a printer. Software can use the PPI measurement to display a document at "actual size" on the screen. PPI can be calculated from the screen's diagonal size in inches and the resolution in pixels (width and height). This can be done in two steps: where For example: These calculations may not be very precise. Frequently, screens advertised as “X inch screen” can have their real physical dimensions of viewable area differ, for example: Camera manufacturers often quote view screens in 'number of dots'. This
369-400: A large format. Printing on paper is accomplished with different technologies. Newspapers and magazines were traditionally printed using a halftone screen, which would print dots at a given frequency, the screen frequency, in lines per inch (LPI) by using a purely analog process in which a photographic print is converted into variable sized dots through interference patterns passing through
410-404: A larger image size and wider viewing angle. Spatial light modulators can reduce pixel pitch to 2.5 μm , giving a pixel density of 10,160 PPI. Some observations indicate that the unaided human generally can't differentiate detail beyond 300 PPI. However, this figure depends both on the distance between viewer and image, and the viewer’s visual acuity . The human eye also responds in
451-599: A lower PPI than a compact camera, because it has larger photodiodes due to having far larger sensors. Smartphones use small displays, but modern smartphone displays have a larger PPI rating, such as the Samsung Galaxy S7 with a quad HD display at 577 PPI, Fujitsu F-02G with a quad HD display at 564 PPI, the LG G6 with quad HD display at 564 PPI or – XHDPI or Oppo Find 7 with 534 PPI on 5.5-inch display – XXHDPI (see section below). Sony 's Xperia XZ Premium has
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#1732787316457492-423: A new image at this monitor resolution of 1920 pixels, possibly intended for the web without regard to printing. Rewriting the formula above can tell us the pixel density (PPI) of the image on the monitor display: Now, let us imagine the artist wishes to print a larger banner at 48″ horizontally. We know the number of pixels in the image, and the size of the output, from which we can use the same formula again to give
533-482: A print can be viewed close up, then one may choose the printer device limits. However, if a poster, banner or billboard will be viewed from far away then it is possible to use a much lower PPI. The PPI/PPCM of a computer display is related to the size of the display in inches / centimetres and the total number of pixels in the horizontal and vertical directions. This measurement is often referred to as dots per inch , though that measurement more accurately refers to
574-477: A printer capable of 600 dpi could be created at 300 ppi. When using other technologies such as AM or FM screen printing, there are often published screening charts that indicate the ideal PPI for a printing method. Using the DPI or LPI of a printer remains useful to determine PPI until one reaches larger formats, such as 36" or higher, as the factor of visual acuity then becomes more important to consider. If
615-410: A process called dithering . The dot pitch , smallest size of each dot, is also determined by the type of paper the image is printed on. An absorbent paper surface, uncoated recycled paper for instance, lets ink droplets spread — so has a larger dot pitch. Often one wishes to know the image quality in pixels per inch (PPI) that would be suitable for a given output device. If the choice is too low, then
656-414: A screen. Modern inkjet printers can print microscopic dots at any location, and don't require a screen grid, with the metric dots per inch (DPI). These are both different from pixel density or pixels per inch (PPI) because a pixel is a single sample of any color, whereas an inkjet print can only print a dot of a specific color either on or off. Thus a printer translates the pixels into a series of dots using
697-424: Is geared mostly towards small business owners, non-profit administrators, retailers, and hobbyists, unlike competitors such as Angelfire and Yahoo! GeoCities , who target more casual users. By October 1999 member registrations reached two million. In October 2003, Homestead Technologies launched PhotoSite , a photo sharing and web hosting service tailored to amateur digital photography. In March 2005, PhotoSite
738-597: Is not the same as the number of pixels, because there are 3 'dots' per pixel – red, green and blue. For example, the Canon 50D is quoted as having 920,000 dots. This translates as 307,200 pixels (×3 = 921,600 dots). Thus the screen is 640×480 pixels. This must be taken into account when working out the PPI. 'Dots' and 'pixels' are often confused in reviews and specs when viewing information about digital cameras specifically. "PPI" or "pixel density" may also describe image scanner resolution. In this context, PPI
779-435: Is supported by popular image file formats. The cell colors used do not indicate how feature-rich a certain image file format is, but what density support can be expected of a certain image file format. Even though image manipulation software can optionally set density for some image file formats, not many other software uses density information when displaying images. Web browsers, for example, ignore any density information. As
820-475: Is synonymous with samples per inch . In digital photography, pixel density is the number of pixels divided by the area of the sensor. A typical DSLR , circa 2013, has 1–6.2 MP/cm ; a typical compact has 20–70 MP/cm . For example, Sony Alpha SLT-A58 has 20.1 megapixels on an APS-C sensor having 6.2 MP/cm since a compact camera like Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX50V has 20.4 megapixels on an 1/2.3" sensor having 70 MP/cm . The professional camera has
861-423: Is what you get , refers to software that allows content to be edited in a form that resembles its appearance when printed or displayed as a finished product, such as a printed document, web page, or slide presentation. WYSIWYG implies a user interface that allows the user to view something very similar to the result while the document is being created. In general, WYSIWYG implies the ability to directly manipulate
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#1732787316457902-464: The Weekly Reader advertised its Stickybear educational software with the slogan "what you see is what you get", with photographs of its Apple II graphics, but home computers of the 1970s and early 1980s lacked the sophisticated graphics capabilities necessary to display WYSIWYG documents, meaning that such applications were usually confined to limited-purpose, high-end workstations (such as
943-618: The HP 1000 minicomputer, taking advantage of HP 2640 —HP's first bitmapped computer terminal. BRUNO was then ported to the HP-3000 and re-released as "HP Draw". By 1981, MicroPro advertised that its WordStar word processor had WYSIWYG, but its display was limited to displaying styled text in WYSIWYG fashion; bold and italic text would be represented on screen, instead of being surrounded by tags or special control characters . In 1983,
984-613: The IBM Displaywriter System ) that were too expensive for the general public to afford. As improving technology allowed the production of cheaper bitmapped displays, WYSIWYG software started to appear in more popular computers, including LisaWrite for the Apple Lisa , released in 1983, and MacWrite for the Apple Macintosh , released in 1984. The Apple Macintosh system was originally designed so that
1025-440: The layout of a document without having to type or remember names of layout commands. Before the adoption of WYSIWYG techniques, text appeared in editors using the system standard typeface and style with little indication of layout ( margins , spacing , etc.). Users were required to enter special non-printing control codes (now referred to as markup code tags ) to indicate that some text should be in boldface , italics , or
1066-465: The screen resolution and the resolution of the ImageWriter dot-matrix printers sold by Apple were easily scaled: 72 PPI for the screen and 144 DPI for the printers. Thus, the scale and dimensions of the on-screen display in programs such as MacWrite and MacPaint were easily translated to the printed output. If the paper were held up to the screen, the printed image would be the same size as
1107-418: The typographic unit ) was designed so that one full page of text could be seen and then printed on the first laser printers . When the text was laid out on the screen, 72 PPI font metric files were used, but when printed, 300 PPI files were used. As a result, one would occasionally find characters and words that are slightly off—a problem that would continue up to this day. Bravo was released commercially, and
1148-462: The PC world at the time. Thus, while a Macintosh 15-inch (38 cm) monitor had the same 640 × 480 resolution as a PC, a 16-inch (41 cm) screen would be fixed at 832 × 624 rather than the 800 × 600 resolution used by PCs. With the introduction of third-party dot-matrix printers as well as laser printers and multisync monitors, resolutions deviated from even multiples of
1189-430: The PPI of the printed poster: This shows that the output banner will have only 40 pixels per inch. Since a printer device is capable of printing at 300 ppi, the resolution of the original image is well below what would be needed to create a decent quality banner, even if it looked good on a monitor for a website. We would say more directly that a 1920 × 1080 pixel image does not have enough pixels to be printed in
1230-403: The display area in pixels by the width (or height) of the display area in inches. It is possible for a display to have different horizontal and vertical PPI measurements (e.g., a typical 4:3 ratio CRT monitor showing a 1280×1024 mode computer display at maximum size, which is a 5:4 ratio, not quite the same as 4:3). The apparent PPI of a monitor depends upon the screen resolution (that is,
1271-624: The number of pixels) and the size of the screen in use; a monitor in 800×600 mode has a lower PPI than does the same monitor in a 1024×768 or 1280×960 mode. The dot pitch of a computer display determines the absolute limit of possible pixel density. Typical circa-2000 cathode-ray tube or LCD computer displays range from 67 to 130 PPI, though desktop monitors have exceeded 200 PPI, and certain smartphone manufacturers' flagship mobile device models have been exceeding 500 PPI since 2014. In January 2008, Kopin Corporation announced
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1312-464: The number of pixels, horizontally or vertically, given the physical size of a format and the pixels per inch of the output: Pixels per inch (or pixels per centimetre) describes the detail of an image file when the print size is known. For example, a 100×100 pixel image printed in a 2 inch square has a resolution of 50 pixels per inch. Used this way, the measurement is meaningful when printing an image. In many applications, such as Adobe Photoshop,
1353-520: The on-screen image, but at twice the resolution. As the ImageWriter was the only model of printer physically compatible with the Macintosh printer port, this created an effective closed system. Later, when Macs using external displays became available, the resolution was fixed to the size of the screen to achieve 72 DPI. These resolutions often differed from the VGA-standard resolutions common in
1394-430: The phrase: Many variations are used only to illustrate a point or make a joke, and have very limited real use. Some that have been proposed include the following: Pixels per inch Pixels per inch ( ppi ) and pixels per centimetre ( ppcm or pixels/cm ) are measurements of the pixel density of an electronic image device, such as a computer monitor or television display, or image digitizing device such as
1435-473: The program is designed so that one creates new images by specifying the output device and PPI (pixels per inch). Thus the output target is often defined upon creating the image. When moving images between devices, such as printing an image that was created on a monitor, it is important to understand the pixel density of both devices. Consider a 23″ HD monitor (20″ wide), that has a known, native resolution of 1920 pixels (horizontal). Let us assume an artist created
1476-430: The quality will be below what the device is capable of—loss of quality—and if the choice is too high then pixels will be stored unnecessarily—wasted disk space. The ideal pixel density (PPI) depends on the output format, output device, the intended use and artistic choice. For inkjet printers measured in DPI it is generally good practice to use half or less than the DPI to determine the PPI. For example, an image intended for
1517-413: The resolution of a computer printer . For example, a 15-inch (38 cm) display whose dimensions work out to 12 inches (30.48 cm) wide by 9 inches (22.86 cm) high, capable of a maximum 1024×768 (or XGA ) pixel resolution, can display around 85 PPI, or 33.46 PPCM, in both the horizontal and vertical directions. This figure is determined by dividing the width (or height) of
1558-541: The screen resolution, making true WYSIWYG harder to achieve. The phrase "what you see is what you get", from which the acronym derives, was a catchphrase popularized by Flip Wilson 's drag persona Geraldine , first appearing in September 1969, then regularly in the early 1970s on The Flip Wilson Show . The phrase was a statement demanding acceptance of Geraldine's entire personality and appearance. As it relates to computing, there are multiple claims to first use of
1599-485: The software eventually included in the Xerox Star can be seen as a direct descendant of it. In late 1978, in parallel with but independent of the work at Xerox PARC, Hewlett-Packard developed and released the first commercial WYSIWYG software application for producing overhead slides (or what today are referred to as presentation graphics). The first release, named BRUNO (after an HP sales training puppet), ran on
1640-576: The tags are made visible in the editor, however, they occupy space in the unformatted text, and as a result can disrupt the desired layout and flow. Bravo , a document preparation program for the Alto produced at Xerox PARC by Butler Lampson , Charles Simonyi and colleagues in 1974, is generally considered to be the first program to incorporate the WYSIWYG technology, displaying text with formatting (e.g. with justification, fonts, and proportional spacing of characters). The Alto monitor (72 PPI , based on
1681-473: Was sold to United Online . In December 2007, Homestead was acquired by financial and tax preparation software giant Intuit for $ 170 million to bolster its web hosting offerings. On August 16, 2012, Intuit announced that Homestead would be purchased by web hosting company Endurance International Group of Burlington, Massachusetts . WYSIWIG In computing , WYSIWYG ( / ˈ w ɪ z i w ɪ ɡ / WIZ -ee-wig ), an acronym for what you see