for desktop browsers, always set pixel ratio to 1. When users have zoom enabled, it affects pixel ratio and causes artifacts. There doesn't appear to be a way to detect zoom level for modern browsers in order to adjust the pixel ratio

src/Canvas.js

@@ -2,14 +2,21 @@
     // calculate pixel ratio
     var canvas = document.createElement('canvas'),
         context = canvas.getContext('2d'),
-        devicePixelRatio = window.devicePixelRatio || 1,
-        backingStoreRatio = context.webkitBackingStorePixelRatio
-            || context.mozBackingStorePixelRatio
-            || context.msBackingStorePixelRatio
-            || context.oBackingStorePixelRatio
-            || context.backingStorePixelRatio 
-            || 1,
-        _pixelRatio = devicePixelRatio / backingStoreRatio;
+        // if using a mobile device, calculate the pixel ratio.  Otherwise, just use
+        // 1.  For desktop browsers, if the user has zoom enabled, it affects the pixel ratio
+        // and causes artifacts on the canvas.  As of 02/26/2014, there doesn't seem to be a way
+        // to reliably calculate the browser zoom for modern browsers, which is why we just set
+        // the pixel ratio to 1 for desktops
+        _pixelRatio = Kinetic.UA.mobile ? (function() {
+            var devicePixelRatio = window.devicePixelRatio || 1,
+            backingStoreRatio = context.webkitBackingStorePixelRatio
+                || context.mozBackingStorePixelRatio
+                || context.msBackingStorePixelRatio
+                || context.oBackingStorePixelRatio
+                || context.backingStorePixelRatio 
+                || 1;
+            return devicePixelRatio / backingStoreRatio;
+        })() : 1;
 
     /**
      * Canvas Renderer constructor

src/Global.js

@@ -58,11 +58,17 @@ var Kinetic = {};
                 /(opera)(?:.*version|)[ \/]([\w.]+)/.exec( ua ) ||
                 /(msie) ([\w.]+)/.exec( ua ) ||
                 ua.indexOf("compatible") < 0 && /(mozilla)(?:.*? rv:([\w.]+)|)/.exec( ua ) ||
-                [];
+                [],
+
+                // adding mobile flag as well
+                mobile = !!(navigator.userAgent.match(/Android|BlackBerry|iPhone|iPad|iPod|Opera Mini|IEMobile/i));
 
             return {
                 browser: match[ 1 ] || '',
-                version: match[ 2 ] || '0'
+                version: match[ 2 ] || '0',
+
+                // adding mobile flab
+                mobile: mobile
             };
         })(),
 

src/Util.js

@@ -319,6 +319,40 @@
         _isString: function(obj) {
             return Object.prototype.toString.call(obj) == OBJECT_STRING;
         },
+        // Returns a function, that, when invoked, will only be triggered at most once
+        // during a given window of time. Normally, the throttled function will run
+        // as much as it can, without ever going more than once per `wait` duration;
+        // but if you'd like to disable the execution on the leading edge, pass
+        // `{leading: false}`. To disable execution on the trailing edge, ditto.
+        _throttle: function(func, wait, options) {
+            var context, args, result;
+            var timeout = null;
+            var previous = 0;
+            options || (options = {});
+            var later = function() {
+                previous = options.leading === false ? 0 : new Date().getTime();
+                timeout = null;
+                result = func.apply(context, args);
+                context = args = null;
+            };
+            return function() {
+                var now = new Date().getTime();
+                if (!previous && options.leading === false) previous = now;
+                var remaining = wait - (now - previous);
+                context = this;
+                args = arguments;
+                if (remaining <= 0) {
+                  clearTimeout(timeout);
+                  timeout = null;
+                  previous = now;
+                  result = func.apply(context, args);
+                  context = args = null;
+                } else if (!timeout && options.trailing !== false) {
+                  timeout = setTimeout(later, remaining);
+                }
+                return result;
+            };
+        },
         /*
          * other utils
          */