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Try running Netscape on a 4" screen
by hopler 8y ago
Try running Netscape on a 4" screen
- nitrogen 8y ago640x480 is tiny compared to a modern phone...
- reitanqild 8y agoStill, there is a point: even if we could easily see the design elements from Netscape 4 on a modern smartphone they'd be hard to hit consistently. So that is not what I argue above. In my post above I argue against the dumbification of desktop apps and websites. Things that were working until UX designers came up with the idea that people are to dumb.
- FactolSarin 8y agoBut people are dumb.
- myguysi 8y agoNope, an iPhone 8 is 375x667 Edit: for those questioning my reply, I’m talking about the logical resolution (what you actually use for layout) not the physical pixel resolution
- loeg 8y agoHow did you come up with that? iphone 8 is 1334x750.
- saagarjha 8y agoIt looks like the parent commenter is talking in points (iPhone 8 is a 2x Retina Display), while you're speaking about pixels.
- myguysi 8y agoYep!
- loeg 8y agoOk; the classic 640x480 figure is also in pixels, so I'm not sure why the parent commenter would use a different unit to try and draw a comparison.
- Mikhail_Edoshin 8y agoThere must be a pixel-per-inch ratio in this equation. A 14" monitor running at 640x480 will have around 57 ppi, while iPhone X has like 462 ppi.
- myguysi 8y agoWe’re taking about rendering UI... If I render a div with width=375px and height=667px it will fill the screen on an iPhone 8 because it renders @2x.
- gbear605 8y agoNot according to Apple. They say it is “1334-by-750-pixel resolution at 326 ppi“[0] https://www.apple.com/iphone-8/specs/ https://www.apple.com/iphone-8/specs/
- extra88 8y agoThat's the raw screen resolution but the web viewport size will be in CSS Pixels and is 667 x 375. https://vizdevices.yesviz.com/devices/iphone8/ https://vizdevices.yesviz.com/devices/iphone8/
- jdietrich 8y agoA 14" CRT monitor from The Olden Days has an area of about 523 cm². An iPhone X has a screen area of about 127 cm². A 5.8" screen is tiny, regardless of its resolution. Resolution will only get you so far; people don't have infinitely acute eyesight and infinitely precise dexterity. Most people can't reliably hit a touch target of less than ~10mm in any dimension, which equates to ~180 real pixels on an iPhone X.
- loeg 8y ago> A 14" CRT monitor from The Olden Days has an area of about 523 cm². An iPhone X has a screen area of about 127 cm². A 5.8" screen is tiny, regardless of its resolution. People hold phones much closer than you would sit from an Olden Days CRT, too. It's not just raw area that matters, but something like degrees, as observed by your eye.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y agoThis does not explain why there are still hamburger menus on 20" screens.