> Or apple retina (that has absurd resolution, thus resulting in their site becoming very small and unreadable).
Websites on a HiDPI display are effectively pixel doubled, the viewing side is the same. The same happens with the iPhone 4 and later.
Re:Ditching responsive design
by lucian1900 on Friday February 01, 2013 @07:34AM
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It also sucks if you don't use a maximised browser window.
Exactly! I normally run two browser windows side by side on a 1600px wide screen. I generally don't go back to sites that force me to resize my browser in order to view them correctly.
it's annoying size for me as my (and many many others) screen is 1920 pixels wide, and i often have two windows taking up half the screen, 980px means i get horizontal scrollbars popup
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I don't have a retina device (although my startup does have a iPad3 that we use for testing).
Also, I avoid visiting Apple site (I never liked it, I never find what I want on it).
Erm, I replied to a link that got deleted, and now I get a couple of -1 :(
That is bad.
Re:Ditching responsive design
by jimsilverman on Friday February 01, 2013 @12:36PM
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the whole point here is that they are optimizing for the vast majority. unfortunately you, with your part-time 800px tablet, are part of the 2%.
their focus on such an overwhelming majority of users makes a ton of sense from a business perspective.
(sidenote: does anyone with a VEEEERY WIIIIDE monitor maximize windows?)
I for example use at night as my "laptop" a cheap tablet with keyboard, it is 800px wide.
Also 980px also will suck for people with VEEEERY WIIIIDE monitors.
Or apple retina (that has absurd resolution, thus resulting in their site becoming very small and unreadable).