Thread: Portrait mode use cases
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ragnar is offline ragnar
2009-09-01 , 11:29
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#20
Originally Posted by qgil View Post
Portrait Dashboard... might make sense if there are more portrait apps that you use frequently. Perhaps it's not that tricky to implement.

... and since both desktop and dashboard are all open source, you will be able to start hacking on them as soon as we release Maemo 5 final. Looking forward to see your proofs of concept!
The Portrait Dashboard would make sense if the major applications would support portrait mode. But if your app doesn't support portrait mode, then ... either the thumbnail in the Dashboard is wrong (wrong view, wrong orientation) or then the application wouldn't be in portrait mode, so you need to rotate the device anyway once you go there. So it's only about when do you need to do the rotation: sooner or later.

imho the Dashboard would be a complete mess if 50% of the apps would support portrait and 50% wouldn't. Just try to imagine it for a while.
 

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