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minus-squareTwongo [she/her]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agorandomlzing your window size shows trackers different resolutions. depending on which OS you use it won’t show 1920x1080, as taskbars and other extras take off a few pixels. example: if your browser is fullscreen and only shows a resolution of 1920x1075 it could most likely mean you use macos (randomly chosen)
minus-squareXylight@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoLibrewolf has letterboxing which locks your website’s intrinsic size to specific resolutions (like 1600x1000) to combat this
randomlzing your window size shows trackers different resolutions.
depending on which OS you use it won’t show 1920x1080, as taskbars and other extras take off a few pixels.
example: if your browser is fullscreen and only shows a resolution of 1920x1075 it could most likely mean you use macos (randomly chosen)
Oh shit
Librewolf has letterboxing which locks your website’s intrinsic size to specific resolutions (like 1600x1000) to combat this