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2008-01-15
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It's easier to rotate the screen at the OS/driver level so that apps don't have to be aware of it.
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2008-01-15
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2008-01-15
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2008-01-15
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You're not telling me that you all hard-coded the screen dimensions, are you? That would be a programming 101 error.
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2008-01-15
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You evidently have little understanding of how GTK works in this case. It is a non-trivial change that will require a major overhaul at both the OS and the application level.
As for application programmers. Future-proofing software isn't an easy thing to do, and since Hildon doesn't have resizable windows, it's kinda hard to design applications to resize when the system is incapable of it (and you're not expecting this to change anytime soon).
I don't think more viewing options is a bad idea (in fact, it's a great one), people just need to understand that there are a lot of non-trivial technical hurdles in the way.
That said, I still think that adding requested viewing options is a good thing.
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