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What to expect from the iPad 3's Retina display

8 points by TechBlock1 15y ago

flyosity 15y ago
Many points in this article are wrong or at least misleading. There will be no 2x zoom button on apps that are not retina-optimized, they'll be scaled automatically like iPhone apps without retina graphics. The 2x button on iPads was for running iPhone apps on the iPad. Nothing will be shown "smaller" because that's not how retina screens work. Have you ever seen an iPhone app shown at 1-to-1 pixel resolution on an iPhone 4, occupying only part of the screen? Of course not.
- coob 15y ago
  Exactly, it will be handled as non-retina apps on the iPhone 4 were handled - text and other system drawn elements will be in finer detail, app provided graphics will be upscaled. This article is infuriating, having a retina display is not an excuse to cram more information onto the screen, its to make the same amount of information look much clearer.
  - b09 15y ago
    Everything else seems correct, though. There will be more detail in same sized images, and 720p movies will take up much less space.
  - justjimmy 15y ago
    So true…I can see it already – Twice the pixels and 'space'? Jam more info! Display more content! More buttons/menus! People have to remind themselves the physical space is still the same – imagine pushing a button that will be halved in size on the new iPad, that's not how you're supposed to do it. But that will be the conception in people's minds once they visit web sites not optimized for the new iPad.
  - TechBlock1 15y ago
    "This article is infuriating, having a retina display is not an excuse to cram more information onto the screen, its to make the same amount of information look much clearer." The article doesn't suggest otherwise. In fact, it makes that point exactly.
b09 15y ago
If you read careful the first image says "so huge that current iPads can show just a fraction of the overall images in full scale. " The author says FULL SCALE. He's referring to 100% scale. Games with iPad 1/2 resolution will also look blurry when scaled up to fit on the iPad 3. This is exactly how it was on the iPhone.

8 points by TechBlock1 15y ago

Many points in this article are wrong or at least misleading. There will be no 2x zoom button on apps that are not retina-optimized, they'll be scaled automatically like iPhone apps without retina graphics. The 2x button on iPads was for running iPhone apps on the iPad. Nothing will be shown "smaller" because that's not how retina screens work. Have you ever seen an iPhone app shown at 1-to-1 pixel resolution on an iPhone 4, occupying only part of the screen? Of course not.

coob 15y ago
Exactly, it will be handled as non-retina apps on the iPhone 4 were handled - text and other system drawn elements will be in finer detail, app provided graphics will be upscaled. This article is infuriating, having a retina display is not an excuse to cram more information onto the screen, its to make the same amount of information look much clearer.
- b09 15y ago
  Everything else seems correct, though. There will be more detail in same sized images, and 720p movies will take up much less space.
- justjimmy 15y ago
  So true…I can see it already – Twice the pixels and 'space'? Jam more info! Display more content! More buttons/menus! People have to remind themselves the physical space is still the same – imagine pushing a button that will be halved in size on the new iPad, that's not how you're supposed to do it. But that will be the conception in people's minds once they visit web sites not optimized for the new iPad.
- TechBlock1 15y ago
  "This article is infuriating, having a retina display is not an excuse to cram more information onto the screen, its to make the same amount of information look much clearer." The article doesn't suggest otherwise. In fact, it makes that point exactly.

b09 15y ago

If you read careful the first image says "so huge that current iPads can show just a fraction of the overall images in full scale. " The author says FULL SCALE. He's referring to 100% scale. Games with iPad 1/2 resolution will also look blurry when scaled up to fit on the iPad 3. This is exactly how it was on the iPhone.