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tooki:

--- Quote from: james_s on October 27, 2022, 06:29:06 am ---
--- Quote from: tooki on October 27, 2022, 06:26:25 am ---With that said, the narrow border on my iPad Pro causes me to frequently press things when just carrying around the iPad (e.g. while playing a video). I get that narrower borders mean a larger display in a given device size, but IMHO usability suffers. I’d rather they have slightly larger borders, and use that space for more battery still (though iPad battery life is superb) and to add extra selfie cameras so that you’re centered in both landscape and portrait video calls.

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It wouldn't have to be very big, 3-5mm wider bezel around the device would result in the overall size increasing by less than 10mm for a significant boost in usability. The notch is even more stupid on the Macbook, it is totally unnecessary and I think they did it on purpose to get the distinctive brand look, which of course random Chinese companies will copy right away.

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Agreed on the iPad.

Not so much on the MacBook, since it’s not a touchscreen and thus there’s no advantage to a bezel. And since the Mac has the fixed menu bar at the top (so it’s almost never screen area controlled by the application), it’s really easy for the OS to avoid the notch intelligently. In exchange you get more vertical real estate, which is sorely lacking on modern widescreens.

I remember using the Macintosh Portrait Display, a 15” vertical grayscale CRT (640x870px). Lovely to work on for office type work. I occasionally attach my old 24” (1920x1200) LCD as a secondary display, pivoted vertically, for document editing.
Halcyon:

--- Quote from: tooki on October 27, 2022, 06:32:36 am ---Remember the 90s and early 2000s where the cellphone makers were in an arms race to make smaller phones, and we ended up with things the size of a C battery? ::sigh::

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I miss those days.
Ed.Kloonk:

--- Quote from: Halcyon on October 27, 2022, 06:40:45 am ---
--- Quote from: tooki on October 27, 2022, 06:32:36 am ---Remember the 90s and early 2000s where the cellphone makers were in an arms race to make smaller phones, and we ended up with things the size of a C battery? ::sigh::

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I miss those days.

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Do you?

They were good until they got so small the screen connector got so tiny and flimsy you had to squeeze the phone to see the display.
cortex_m0:

--- Quote from: james_s on October 27, 2022, 06:09:25 am ---[P]lug in an external player that doesn't spy on you or serve ads.

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Are there streaming boxes that fit this profile? The ones I've tried all serve ads, at a minimum.
rdl:
What do you need to stream? I use a PC, but I only watch youtube. They've made changes in recent times to where I can't get videos to play without unblocking google, but I still don't see ads.
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