That it AI! Keep bringing these little stories on. I haven't yet worked myself up into the frenzy to get the new iPad at all costs, but these things help!
Of course, the moment they announce its launch date in India, I'll be like a small kid on the night of the 24th of December!
Just like the iPhone Retina Display, you probably need to handle the device to really appreciate the difference. Alternatively, you can make a print at 150dpi and 300dpi and tell us if you don't think the difference is worthwhile. Basically, you turn from a computer display where one can count the pixels of text, to a crisp print.
I've been waiting for high dpi displays in computers, and resolution independence to go with it, it's nice to see some progress being made.
Because of web pages? How is this not a troll? People blow by their quotas by playing video, constantly streaming audio for lots of hours of running the Maps program while on the go. Web pages are a spit in a bucket compared to these uses. A HiDPI web page is roughly two to four spits in the bucket in comparison.
Only problem is we are moving in this direction at the same time that providers are restricting data limits and throtteling back speed above certain data usage thresholds.
What happens if/when ISP's are going to charge us for the amount of data usage, as opposed to current and simple monthly fee? Perhaps some folks will curse at Apple for letting this HiRes into the wild, people wanting to return their iPad since the ISP is now charging more¡
Because of web pages? How is this not a troll? People blow by their quotas by playing video, constantly streaming audio for lots of hours of running the Maps program while on the go. Web pages are a spit in a bucket compared to these uses. A HiDPI web page is roughly two to four spits in the bucket in comparison.
I believe history will show no troll. The comment does not infer you will use up your quota just by viewing web pages...long term, it is the little things here and there that can add up over the long term especially for those who use the iPad as their main computer. By your comparison, it is the leaky faucet in the kitchen. It does add up over time when you are trying to budget your data (for those that need to).
I don’t feel like digging into the code, but if anyone does—how is this being handled? Is it some JavaScript/CSS logic? Or purely something the new iPad Safari does on its own? In other words, is “_2x” a naming convention that web designers have to obey now?
EDIT: inferring from the preview process outlined in the other article, it sounds like this is a “standard” web designers will have to obey, but one that’s not REALLY a standard. On the one hand, this lets the future arrive NOW instead of in two years when committees get done with it, and the system is certainly easy for developers, compared to CSS/JavaScript. On the other hand, it means more useless hits to servers (when the _2x is missing), maybe new meta tags coming to control this further, and a major new aspect of web development that as far as I know, Apple alone is putting out—much like the apple_touch_icon. So, as a web developer I have mixed feelings, but I’ll await more details/confirmation.
The results may matter the most in the end.
EDIT2: it’s kind of a hybrid solution, apparently. That article explains what’s going on, which does involve custom markup... but not on the image itself so I didn’t notice at first. Then, within that custom attribute, JavaScript makes Safari handle things automatically, including checking whether a 2x version exists or not. That means there need not be double-hits on the server for every image on every site, but there WILL be extra hits (and extra data downloaded) for retina images. And they’ll need JavaScript. So... I intend to use them sparingly.
I believe history will show no troll. The comment does not infer you will use up your quota just by viewing web pages...long term, it is the little things here and there that can add up over the long term especially for those who use the iPad as their main computer. By your comparison, it is the leaky faucet in the kitchen. It does add up over time when you are trying to budget your data (for those that need to).
Yeah, sorry about that.
I buy the 250MB plan when I travel, and I only went over because I heavily use the Maps program, maybe 10-20 hours of driving. I probably could have just bought an app to prevent an overage, but I still haven't found one I liked.
Compared to that, web images are negligible in my opinion.
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Of course, the moment they announce its launch date in India, I'll be like a small kid on the night of the 24th of December!
I've been waiting for high dpi displays in computers, and resolution independence to go with it, it's nice to see some progress being made.
I can't believe how much you are scamming vulnerable non techies with your unlocking site. £59.99 for an O2 unlock (which is free - £20) with O2.
Nice work.
Also reported to Apple, for the breach of copyright/trademark etc
Watch your data quota fly by quicker now.....
Because of web pages? How is this not a troll? People blow by their quotas by playing video, constantly streaming audio for lots of hours of running the Maps program while on the go. Web pages are a spit in a bucket compared to these uses. A HiDPI web page is roughly two to four spits in the bucket in comparison.
Only problem is we are moving in this direction at the same time that providers are restricting data limits and throtteling back speed above certain data usage thresholds.
What happens if/when ISP's are going to charge us for the amount of data usage, as opposed to current and simple monthly fee? Perhaps some folks will curse at Apple for letting this HiRes into the wild, people wanting to return their iPad since the ISP is now charging more¡
Because of web pages? How is this not a troll? People blow by their quotas by playing video, constantly streaming audio for lots of hours of running the Maps program while on the go. Web pages are a spit in a bucket compared to these uses. A HiDPI web page is roughly two to four spits in the bucket in comparison.
I believe history will show no troll. The comment does not infer you will use up your quota just by viewing web pages...long term, it is the little things here and there that can add up over the long term especially for those who use the iPad as their main computer. By your comparison, it is the leaky faucet in the kitchen. It does add up over time when you are trying to budget your data (for those that need to).
EDIT: inferring from the preview process outlined in the other article, it sounds like this is a “standard” web designers will have to obey, but one that’s not REALLY a standard. On the one hand, this lets the future arrive NOW instead of in two years when committees get done with it, and the system is certainly easy for developers, compared to CSS/JavaScript. On the other hand, it means more useless hits to servers (when the _2x is missing), maybe new meta tags coming to control this further, and a major new aspect of web development that as far as I know, Apple alone is putting out—much like the apple_touch_icon. So, as a web developer I have mixed feelings, but I’ll await more details/confirmation.
The results may matter the most in the end.
EDIT2: it’s kind of a hybrid solution, apparently. That article explains what’s going on, which does involve custom markup... but not on the image itself so I didn’t notice at first. Then, within that custom attribute, JavaScript makes Safari handle things automatically, including checking whether a 2x version exists or not. That means there need not be double-hits on the server for every image on every site, but there WILL be extra hits (and extra data downloaded) for retina images. And they’ll need JavaScript. So... I intend to use them sparingly.
I believe history will show no troll. The comment does not infer you will use up your quota just by viewing web pages...long term, it is the little things here and there that can add up over the long term especially for those who use the iPad as their main computer. By your comparison, it is the leaky faucet in the kitchen. It does add up over time when you are trying to budget your data (for those that need to).
Yeah, sorry about that.
I buy the 250MB plan when I travel, and I only went over because I heavily use the Maps program, maybe 10-20 hours of driving. I probably could have just bought an app to prevent an overage, but I still haven't found one I liked.
Compared to that, web images are negligible in my opinion.