Comments on: Not hosed (for now) http://blog.cocoia.com/2009/not-hosed-for-now/ The Cocoia Blog is the website of Sebastiaan de With, a Dutch Icon and Interface designer. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:47:47 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Julian http://blog.cocoia.com/2009/not-hosed-for-now/comment-page-1/#comment-204383 Julian Fri, 03 Apr 2009 04:34:51 +0000 http://blog.cocoia.com/?p=859#comment-204383 well regarding the larger icons all apps submitted already have larger icons. If you download an app, you'll notice itunes has a large 512(?) by 512 (?) version of the icon, while the app its self uses a 57 by 57 (that apple formats to 59 by 60) version. In this way the apps are already ready for a larger screen and i'll bet that apps that mostly use apples menu and apples buttons and text are probably close to resolution independent already the biggest problem will probably be game well regarding the larger icons

all apps submitted already have larger icons. If you download an app, you’ll notice itunes has a large 512(?) by 512 (?) version of the icon, while the app its self uses a 57 by 57 (that apple formats to 59 by 60) version. In this way the apps are already ready for a larger screen

and i’ll bet that apps that mostly use apples menu and apples buttons and text are probably close to resolution independent already

the biggest problem will probably be game

]]> By: MacTalk » Blog Archive » Thursday Morning News http://blog.cocoia.com/2009/not-hosed-for-now/comment-page-1/#comment-204375 MacTalk » Blog Archive » Thursday Morning News Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:48:36 +0000 http://blog.cocoia.com/?p=859#comment-204375 [...] The iPhone’s screen is currently 320×480, but one day it will increase in resolution. This brings about the question of what will happen to current apps when the screen res goes up? The Cocoia blog has a post on what they think will happen. [...] [...] The iPhone’s screen is currently 320×480, but one day it will increase in resolution. This brings about the question of what will happen to current apps when the screen res goes up? The Cocoia blog has a post on what they think will happen. [...]

]]> By: Erik http://blog.cocoia.com/2009/not-hosed-for-now/comment-page-1/#comment-204363 Erik Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:14:52 +0000 http://blog.cocoia.com/?p=859#comment-204363 Since iPhone applications consume the entire screen (and will presumably do so until some hypothetical future iPhone UI where more than one application is visible at a time), would it be possible for the iPhone OS to emulate older/smaller resolutions for applications that do not advertise that they are capable of taking advantage of newer/larger resolutions? Since iPhone applications consume the entire screen (and will presumably do so until some hypothetical future iPhone UI where more than one application is visible at a time), would it be possible for the iPhone OS to emulate older/smaller resolutions for applications that do not advertise that they are capable of taking advantage of newer/larger resolutions?

]]> By: Chris http://blog.cocoia.com/2009/not-hosed-for-now/comment-page-1/#comment-204362 Chris Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:53:28 +0000 http://blog.cocoia.com/?p=859#comment-204362 If the next screen doubles the resolution (to 960*640), scaling shouldn't be too much of an issue if you use the standard UI control elements. It might not look as fine as before, but as long as the scaling is even numbered (e.g. not 1.5 = 720*480) no destructive interpolation is needed. If the next screen doubles the resolution (to 960*640), scaling shouldn’t be too much of an issue if you use the standard UI control elements. It might not look as fine as before, but as long as the scaling is even numbered (e.g. not 1.5 = 720*480) no destructive interpolation is needed.

]]> By: Abel Petneki http://blog.cocoia.com/2009/not-hosed-for-now/comment-page-1/#comment-204360 Abel Petneki Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:19:34 +0000 http://blog.cocoia.com/?p=859#comment-204360 I wonder when this "eventually" comes. The 17-inch MacBook Pro has seen increasing pixel density, but the 13 and 15-inch models aimed for more general use? Not so much. On the iPhone, Apple is using a 160 ppi display and this buys them a couple of years. It's a lot sharper than laptop displays and right now there seems to be no real usability advantage in raising pixel density. Also, pushing more pixels around needs more hardware resources and Apple seems to be very resource conscious when it comes to iPhone. I wonder when this “eventually” comes.
The 17-inch MacBook Pro has seen increasing pixel density, but the 13 and 15-inch models aimed for more general use? Not so much.
On the iPhone, Apple is using a 160 ppi display and this buys them a couple of years. It’s a lot sharper than laptop displays and right now there seems to be no real usability advantage in raising pixel density. Also, pushing more pixels around needs more hardware resources and Apple seems to be very resource conscious when it comes to iPhone.

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