I'm liking Split View on my iPad Pro 10.5, as it gives me a bit more space than on my iPad Air 2. A common setup I'm using is ~2/3rds of the screen allocated to Safari, and ~1/3rd allocated to Messages.
With that setup, Safari seemed a bit narrow on the iPad Air 2. It's still a bit narrow on the iPad Pro 10.5, but it's noticeably better. I guess it'd be even better on the iPad Pro 11, albeit at much higher cost. (As of today, the 11" Pro edu pricing at CAD$939 costs 52% more than the 10.5" Pro refurb pricing at CAD$619.)
What are the exact pixel dimensions of the views on the various iPads? How many pixels wide is the vertical resizing bar separating the views?
I'm just curious. Short of doing screen grabs and counting the pixels, the best I could do on my iPad Pro 10.5 quickly was just to measure the screens and multiply by the pixel density.
For the iPad Pro 10.5:
Wide view: 5 15/16 inches x 264 ppi = ~1568 pixels
Resizing bar: 1/16 inches x 264 ppi = ~16 pixels
Narrow view: 2 7/16 inches x 264 ppi = ~640 pixels
I chose those pixel counts not because they exactly match up with the rough measurements, but because they're very close and all are multiples of 16 and add up to the 2224 pixels of my iPad Pro. What I've noticed though is this clearly is not actually 2/3rds, 1/3rd.
On the iPad Air 2, the narrow view is the same 2 7/16 inches, but the wide view is much narrower at 5.25 inches.
5 4/16 inches x 264 ppi = ~1392 pixels
1/16 inches x 264 ppi = ~16 pixels
2 7/16 inches x 264 ppi = ~640 pixels
I am assuming the narrow view on the iPad Pro 11" would also be 640 pixels, and therefore the wide view would be 1732 pixels = 6 9/16 inches. This Split View thus is actually closer to 3/4, 1/4.
Are these numbers accurate? If accurate, this wide view on the 11" would represent a 10% increase in view width over the 10.5", and 24% increase over the 9.7". The 10.5" would have a 13% increase over the 9.7".
IOW, if we look at this in non-Retina terms, the corresponding wide views in Split View are as follows:
9.7": 696 pixels
10.5": 784 pixels
11": 866 pixels
How's my math?
With that setup, Safari seemed a bit narrow on the iPad Air 2. It's still a bit narrow on the iPad Pro 10.5, but it's noticeably better. I guess it'd be even better on the iPad Pro 11, albeit at much higher cost. (As of today, the 11" Pro edu pricing at CAD$939 costs 52% more than the 10.5" Pro refurb pricing at CAD$619.)
What are the exact pixel dimensions of the views on the various iPads? How many pixels wide is the vertical resizing bar separating the views?
I'm just curious. Short of doing screen grabs and counting the pixels, the best I could do on my iPad Pro 10.5 quickly was just to measure the screens and multiply by the pixel density.
For the iPad Pro 10.5:
Wide view: 5 15/16 inches x 264 ppi = ~1568 pixels
Resizing bar: 1/16 inches x 264 ppi = ~16 pixels
Narrow view: 2 7/16 inches x 264 ppi = ~640 pixels
I chose those pixel counts not because they exactly match up with the rough measurements, but because they're very close and all are multiples of 16 and add up to the 2224 pixels of my iPad Pro. What I've noticed though is this clearly is not actually 2/3rds, 1/3rd.
On the iPad Air 2, the narrow view is the same 2 7/16 inches, but the wide view is much narrower at 5.25 inches.
5 4/16 inches x 264 ppi = ~1392 pixels
1/16 inches x 264 ppi = ~16 pixels
2 7/16 inches x 264 ppi = ~640 pixels
I am assuming the narrow view on the iPad Pro 11" would also be 640 pixels, and therefore the wide view would be 1732 pixels = 6 9/16 inches. This Split View thus is actually closer to 3/4, 1/4.
Are these numbers accurate? If accurate, this wide view on the 11" would represent a 10% increase in view width over the 10.5", and 24% increase over the 9.7". The 10.5" would have a 13% increase over the 9.7".
IOW, if we look at this in non-Retina terms, the corresponding wide views in Split View are as follows:
9.7": 696 pixels
10.5": 784 pixels
11": 866 pixels
How's my math?