iPad iPad iPad..

January 28, 2010

iPad iPad iPad.. So by now, chances are you’ve heard about the iPad.
This history making ‘mobile’ device will have it’s fair share of critics but no doubt it will make its way into millions of homes around the world. What does this mean for me?
Well I’m not interested in the battery life or the measly 0.7kg weight, but what I am interested in is the fact that it has Wifi and 3G. This means it’s going to end up being a new format of browser, used en mass and all the web developers better get developing.
With a screen resolution of 768 x 1024, the preconceived notion of a landscape browser is thrown out the window and new consideration for multiple dimensions comes into play.
Do we design for 1024×768 or 768×1024? Or both? Do we just let the iPad rescale to it’s little 1Ghz heart’s content? Does it even matter??So by now, chances are you’ve heard about the iPad.

So by now, chances are you’ve heard about the iPad….

This history making ‘mobile’ device will have its fair share of critics but no doubt it will make its way into millions of homes around the world. What does this mean for me?

Well I’m not interested in the battery life or the measly 0.7kg weight, but what I am interested in is the fact that it has Wifi and 3G. This means it’s going to end up being a new format of browser, used en masse, and all the web developers better get thinking.

With a screen resolution of 768 x 1024, the preconceived notion of a landscape browser is thrown out the window and new consideration for multiple dimensions comes into play.

Do we design for 1024×768 or 768×1024? Or both? Do we just let the iPad rescale to it’s little 1Ghz heart’s content? Does it even matter??

iPad

Posted by
Daniel Graetzer     @dangraetzer @ 7:57 am |

3 Comments

  1. iWant, iWant, iWant!

    Comment by Andrew Englisch — January 28, 2010 @ 3:37 pm

  2. And no Flash. Is this the beginning of the end of flash?

    Comment by tony — January 29, 2010 @ 1:34 pm

  3. If it gains significant browser market share, it’s a whole new ballgame. A web canvas that big, navigable by touch, speaks to the UI nerd (and just plain nerd) in me.

    And with Mobile Safari’s rescaling, there is no pixel …

    Comment by vic — February 2, 2010 @ 6:55 pm

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