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Why don't iPad-type tablet screen edges have a ratio of 1 : 0.70710678118??
If they did, then dividing the screen in half would yield 2 rectangles with exactly the same proportions as the larger rectangle (i.e. the entire screen).
It would make it so much easier to put apps side by side, etc.
Any thoughts on this?
- SamReidHughes 13y agoIt's not ideal to zoom an app and all its GUI components to half its size. It would want to scale UI elements differently. So there's no strong reason to keep the proportions the same. Also there's all the reasons to choose other screen ratios.
- hackaflocka 13y agoAgree that half-sized UI elements would be undesirable.
- gus_massa 13y agoI like the idea. Is it posible to make a "prototype"? I.E. modify Android to place two black strips on the borders, so the free screen has this ratio.
- hackaflocka 13y agoIt surprises me that nobody on the Android side is advertising they've done this.
- cylinder714 13y agoIt's a fine idea, and it's also the idea behind ISO/metric paper sizes, as Markus Kuhn explores in this article: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-paper.html http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-paper.html