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Xara Designer Pro X10 release notes
Orientation of mobile devices
When you re-orientate a mobile device, such as a phone or tablet, that changes the width of the
browser, and can instantly switch to another variant - this is exactly the intent and benefit of RWD.
So it’s possible, using the right width values, to design different versions of your website specifically for
upright (portrait) or sideways (landscape) orientation, and different versions again for upright or
sideways tablets. But we do not recommend you go overboard by having too many variants - see the
‘costs of creating RWD websites’ below.
Common device widths
To help you target popular mobile devices here are the browser widths of some popular devices
Device
upright
sideways
iPhone up to version 4s
320
480
iPhone 5
320
568
Galaxy S3, S4, S5
360
640
Galaxy Note (1,II, 3)
360
640
Nexus 5
360
640
HTC One
360
640
Tablets:
iPad (all models)
768
1024
Nexus 7
600
960
Nexus 10
800
1280
Kindle Fire HD
534
802
Note the actual resolution of the screen is typically much higher than the values shown above - the
A two-column arrangement (in this case text flowing
from one text box to another). For mobile use one
column might be a better arrangement. Don’t copy /
paste text, instead move the columns to be one
above the other, as shown on the right example.