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Is there a section to talk about Java ME? Apps, etc. (3)
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There is no vertical display mode for Maemo 5 (menus, desktops and software pre-installed) excluding the application "Phone".
But we don't know exactly what the situation is until it launches, and even if your worst fears were true they could correct this in a firmware update. And they would definitely do so if enough people complain.
Nokia's N95 launched without screen rotation for example, but got it in a firmware update.
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2009-08-28
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keyboard makes landscape the 'preferred' format.
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Originally Posted by korbé
It is up the application to decide. This was already discussed based on the SDK documentation in other threads.
Hello everyone.
(and yes, I will still grumble)
I love the new N900 and Maemo 5, but one thing bothers me.
There is no vertical display mode for Maemo 5 (menus, desktops and software pre-installed) excluding the application "Phone".
I find that sad, especially since all competing devices with a touch screen and accelerometers have a display mode horizontal and vertical.
Moreover, the vertical display mode is very convenient: taking the N900 vertically, it can be used with one hand.
Without vertical display mode (and therefore able to use the device with one hand), many buyers may withdraw or return the device in store.
Then I ask myself the question that many people are facing a situation they do not understand: why?
Is this included in a future update?
If someone going to Nokia World, can request information on this subject to an official from Nokia?
PS: I'm sorry to complain again.
Since you have been asking about this see this post.
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Originally Posted by konttori
Good point!
keyboard makes landscape the 'preferred' format.
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Originally Posted by konttori
True but i dont expect to use the keyboard all the time. I would use the touch screen only for basic browsing and checking updates of widgets. I think it would be a good idea to support everything for both potrait and landscape view and the orientation can automatically siwtch to landscape with the opening of the keyboard.
keyboard makes landscape the 'preferred' format.
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Originally Posted by konttori
Not for the HTC G1. Yet it have got a "landscape" keyboard as the N900
keyboard makes landscape the 'preferred' format.
Originally Posted by Paxicide
I was not talking about software third, but the Maemo OS and software pre-installed.
It is up the application to decide. This was already discussed based on the SDK documentation in other threads.
Since you have been asking about this see this post.
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2009-08-28
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Watching the videos about the UI, there is one more question: Are there actually any scroll bars in Maemo? Because it's very nice to scroll through lists the way the video shows us... but, without a scroll bar how do I know where I am in the entire list? Sometimes it isn't evident.
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It's hard to do right. Even if you do it for system apps (effectively doubling UI work), you can't count on 3rd party apps (and on Maemo we've got plenty of those) to implement it, so you would get inconsistent real quick.
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Originally Posted by attila77
I do not understand how to develop software in the display mode you want (vertical or horizontal) may pose a problem.
It's hard to do right. Even if you do it for system apps (effectively doubling UI work), you can't count on 3rd party apps (and on Maemo we've got plenty of those) to implement it, so you would get inconsistent real quick.
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(and yes, I will still grumble
I love the new N900 and Maemo 5, but one thing bothers me.
There is no vertical display mode for Maemo 5 (menus, desktops and software pre-installed) excluding the application "Phone".
I find that sad, especially since all competing devices with a touch screen and accelerometers have a display mode horizontal and vertical.
Moreover, the vertical display mode is very convenient: taking the N900 vertically, it can be used with one hand.
Without vertical display mode (and therefore able to use the device with one hand), many buyers may withdraw or return the device in store.
Then I ask myself the question that many people are facing a situation they do not understand: why?
Is this included in a future update?
If someone going to Nokia World, can request information on this subject to an official from Nokia?
PS: I'm sorry to complain again.
Last edited by korbé; 2009-08-28 at 19:28.