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The Chromebook Pixel’s best feature

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Re: The Chromebook Pixel’s best feature

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Post by mtgx »

Google should make Android tablets 3:2, too, if they aren't going to make them 4:3 like Apple. It should be a bit better than 16:10, which I think still turns a lot of people off from using Android tablets vs iPads, knowing they can't really use them in vertical mode.

Re: The Chromebook Pixel’s best feature

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Post by randomfool »

mtgx wrote: post #13

Google should make Android tablets 3:2, too, if they aren't going to make them 4:3 like Apple. It should be a bit better than 16:10, which I think still turns a lot of people off from using Android tablets vs iPads, knowing they can't really use them in vertical mode.

I think the 16:10 works very well for the Nexus 7 which is primarily used in portrait mode.

Re: The Chromebook Pixel’s best feature

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Post by barrkel »

mtgx wrote: post #13

Google should make Android tablets 3:2, too, if they aren't going to make them 4:3 like Apple. It should be a bit better than 16:10, which I think still turns a lot of people off from using Android tablets vs iPads, knowing they can't really use them in vertical mode.

The Nexus 7 viewport feels very book-like as portrait. The iPad is the one that looks "wrong", too fat.

Re: The Chromebook Pixel’s best feature

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Post by devilcm3 »

NateDad wrote: post #4

Absolutely. I hated when everyone started making 16:9 monitors. The 16:10 ones weren't quite as bad, but seriously, give me some vertical pixels. Especially true for coding where it's useful to see as many lines of code on the screen at possible.

3:2 used to be the standard screen ratio. just look at your 15 inch CRT monitor.

the industry then went for 16:10 the so called "WIDESCREEN" at that time, and now 16:9

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