Yes, I know that calling it “mouse DPI” is technically incorrect.

    • YICHM@lemmy.worldOP
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      This is actually a good idea. I have considered “/cm”, “pcm” (per centimeter) and “cpcm” (counts per centimeter), but they don’t look right in my opinion.

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        Im confused, why would “dots per inch” become “per cm” instead of “dots per cm”?

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    You don’t have to keep the measurement that way up - e.g. fuel economy in europe is litres/100km, which is flipped compared to miles/gallon.

    So 400dpi = 63μm for example.

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      I never thought about this idea, but like it very much! It’s like with semiconductors where you got different nm-technologies.

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    Decimeters are almost always superior to cm. Like in this case, dots per decimeter is basically “If you drag your mouse across your mousepad, how many ticks did it record.”