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Screen size survey

Sender 11 has published some stats on device screen sizes. Interesting stuff, though it’s important to note that the study doesn’t cover the user prevalence of particular screen sizes.
“Over the years the relative screen size difference has increased. The difference between the smallest (128×128) and the largest (800×480) is now a factor of 23. That [...]

Posted 20 April 2008 § mobile ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , ,

Tufte on information resolution on the iPhone

“The iPhone platform elegantly solves the design problem of small screens by greatly intensifying the information resolution of each displayed page. Small screens, as on traditional cell phones, show very little information per screen, which in turn leads to deep hierarchies of stacked-up thin information—too often leaving users with “Where am I?” puzzles. Better to [...]

Posted 25 January 2008 § mobile ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , ,