Comments on: iPad – web designers worst nightmare came true

By: Jane is an Asian Model

Jane is an Asian Model — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:09:30 +0000

Its just a giant iphone bahhh! Sucks more energy!

By: Designkai

Designkai — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 23:16:20 +0000

While I can see that there is a constraint I don’t see it as an issue because of the obvious resizing as stated. Anyone using a portable device acknowledges that and has no problem with it.

More importantly, it might yet create a new wave of better web developers (because the majority are terrible) as they start developing rich content web app’s designed for iPhone/iPad users, possibly out of necessity. It will also bring about a wave of designers who may one day understand UI design (because they are working such screen space constraints).

By: Daemon

Daemon — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:10:46 +0000

Yes otozuz, people already develop websites optimized for iPhone and are 320 pixels wide. Google for them, you will be surprised.

By: otozuz

otozuz — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:33:22 +0000

I have to disappoint. The iPad (like the iPhone and the iPod touch) resize and adapt the website for his display.

What do you think? That for the iPhone we should design a website 320×480? It automatically and perfectly resize any website.

By: dux

dux — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:55:13 +0000

i dont think that iPad will be so adopted and used that you wuld have to worry about that. again, 1024 is here to stay iPad or not.

By: PP

PP — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:45:39 +0000

optimize for 800×600 the best resolution ever ™

By: Daemon

Daemon — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:21:54 +0000

@leo – Indeed. Constraints make designers work better. But, you must agree that some part of you wanted to build a 1280 website in 2010 or 2011!

By: Daemon

Daemon — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:20:48 +0000

@kviksilver – RESIZED website is not the same as website built exactly to fit the resolution. Just because iPhone/iPad can forcefully shrink and render website does not mean that is a good thing.

By: leo prieto

leo prieto — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:30:00 +0000

Not only that, when you hold the device upright, our maximum width will be 768 pixels!

We’ll be back to the pre-800-pixel-width days. Yes, Safari will resize the site, but the native width will still be 768 pixels.

Not all is lost though, I’m excited about creating optimized sites for this device, as well as native apps, just because of the new user experience.

By: kviksilver

kviksilver — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:40:17 +0000

So you think that website wider than 1024 or 768 will show horizontal bar? Do you have an iphone? what is its resolution? is nivas site shown 1:1 or scaled down to meet screen size, and than you zoom in to desired level?
web designers wont be affected with size of the screen because of the way people use iphone or ipad browser, zoom in and out, slide left or right…
And one more thing, please people check before you call A-GPS not real GPS. it is real and even faster than original GPS. The thing that i dont like and whine is a fact that wifi model doesnt have gps only 3g…