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Posted by Patrick Derks [MS] on June 20, 2006, 4:33 pm
Please log in for more thread options The icon sizes selected were actually based on the DPI of the device. For
example, 176x220 smartphone is 96 DPI while 240x320 smartphone is 131 DPI.
Thus, you get the ratio of 131/96 = ~1.36. So, if you start with 32x32 icons
then this translates to 44x44 icons (33x1.36 = ~44). One of the reasons this
was done was so that relative sizes of UI elements are consistent and you
don't have to do a lot of re-layout work from one resolution to another
(plus if there are additional resolutions added in the future you'll have a
pretty predictable scaling model).
I hope this clears up why the decision was made a little.
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Patrick Derks
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> Sitting here, as I am, in front of an Orange SPV500 (176x220) and an
> Orange SPV600 (240x320), I can see why, in order to retain the same visual
> aspect (e.g. 5 x 32 sized icons across the top = 160 and fits with spaces
> into the 176 width. 5 x 48 sized icons across the top = 240, whoops! no
> room to space them out so let's make them 44x44). But what an awful
> decision for MS to make. Gradually we see a convergence of PPC and
> Smartphone devices, at least as far as development and usage is concerned,
> and at the same time they throw in a new anomaly. Though to be fair, I
> presume MS are limited by the screen sizes that are available.
>
> Paul
>
>> This recently appeared on the Windows Mobile Team blog:-
>> http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsmobile/archive/2006/06/07/621671.aspx
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>> A hi-dpi smartphone uses 22x22 and 44x44 icons, a regular smartphone uses
>> 16x16 and 32x32
>>
>> Peter
>>
>> --
>> Peter Foot
>> Windows Embedded MVP
>> www.peterfoot.net | www.inthehand.com
>>
>>> What is the icon size on the Smartphones ?
>>>
>>> I would like the dimensions both for the Programs window and the MRU
>>> list.
>>>
>>> The reason i ask is that unlike the PocketPC where the MRU uses 16 x 16,
>>> the
>>> smartphone seems to have about 22 x 22. So would be nice to have the
>>> exact
>>> dimensions.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Shiva
>>>
>>
>>
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