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Screensiz.es – reference chart for device screen sizes

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Re: Screensiz.es – reference chart for device screen sizes

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Good stuff. By the way, what is the source for the "popularity" figure? How often is it updated?

From the About section of the site:

> Our “popularity” guesstimates are derived from annualized monthly Google queries (from AdWords traffic estimator), and some fuzzy math. It’s not scientific, but it’s better than nothing.

...to be honest, I'm not sure if it really is 'better than nothing' - I don't think Google queries are a good indicator at all of install base, but I guess that's not what they're measuring - rather, the more nebulous 'popularity'. Also, it's going to lead to lots of problems with iPads, which I think you can see by the fact the iPad Mini has a 'popularity' of 2.5%.

Re: Screensiz.es – reference chart for device screen sizes

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This is a terrific resource, especially the "Device-W" column. Thank you.

For the tablets though, I'm finding the table's usability diminished by the inconsistent width/height relationships. For most of the devices width is smaller than height, but for a number of them it's the opposite. Why is this? Is this how the manufacturers report the #'s?

Edit: I realize now that it's because different tablets have different default orientations. Yet another challenge in designing for mobile.

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