http://matchstrike.net/strikepad/2010/01/how-apple-hides-the-ipads-dirty-little-secret-with-an-optical-illusion/ Web development and more Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:04:00 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://matchstrike.net/strikepad/2010/01/how-apple-hides-the-ipads-dirty-little-secret-with-an-optical-illusion/comment-page-1/#comment-18 tom bonge Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:32:52 +0000 http://matchstrike.net/strikepad/?p=143#comment-18 I am sure Apple made a wide screen prototype, and as soon as they turned it sideways they realized it would not work. Turn your wide screen monitor or notebook and see how it looks. Way too narrow. A 16:9 screen only looks good when it is wide, turn it to 9:16 and it is not very usable. 4:3 is a much better ratio when it portrait mode. I am sure Apple made a wide screen prototype, and as soon as they turned it sideways they realized it would not work. Turn your wide screen monitor or notebook and see how it looks. Way too narrow. A 16:9 screen only looks good when it is wide, turn it to 9:16 and it is not very usable. 4:3 is a much better ratio when it portrait mode.

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]]> http://matchstrike.net/strikepad/2010/01/how-apple-hides-the-ipads-dirty-little-secret-with-an-optical-illusion/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Justin Blake Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:18:32 +0000 http://matchstrike.net/strikepad/?p=143#comment-13 Devious! Devious!

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