wanderson:
Yes it is shorter (not by much, about 2mm), but it is twice as wide as a standard 14-pin DIP package, which is 0.3" and the Pro is 0.6" wide.
Yes, but we're not comparing the Pro-Mini with a 14-pin DIP, we're comparing the Pro-Mini with a 14-pin DIP on a PCB.
Here's a PCB I made for using Tiny84s, it has a Tiny84+ISP header pins. It's 4mm shorter than a Pro Mini and 1mm narrower. In practical terms they're about the same size.
I still use Tiny84s for jobs that need more pins than a Tiny85 and don't rely on any "Uno-only" libraries, but ... that's just to use up my stock of chips+PCBs. I've got about a dozen left. Once they're gone, they're gone. I don't think I'll be buying any more.
Edit: Forgot the image, duh!
