Everyone has had their say about the Retina iPad. 1 I won't bore you with an overview of a device I don't even have. But I am really, really excited about it. Sure, you may be looking forward to super high resolution photos. That's great, of course. But it doesn't matter to me. The real killer feature is good old fashioned plain text.

Just like the iPhone 4's Retina Display gave new life to mobile text, so will the iPad's Retina Display. Text looks fine on the iPad 2, of course. But it will be absolutely sublime on the new iPad. Websites built mainly out of simple, plain text will look better than ever.

I design all my sites to focus on the text, so this is a big deal for me. I have a feeling that large text will be particular drool-worthy on that magnificent screen. I think I've made my feelings on large text pretty clear by this point. If I haven't, it's the greatest thing ever.

So the latest and greatest iPad will give new life to boring, old plain text. I can get on board with that.

  1. Yes, I know that's not what it's called. But you know which one I'm talking about. ↩