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mikec 2009-09-23 12:55
Re: Portrait mode use cases
 
Only one use case I can see ( other than phone) for portrait, and that is to be able to look at my photos in landscape or portrait depending on how the photo was taken in the first place. A portrait photo on a wide screen device sucks.

Most people have a landscape use mode built into their brains from a early age cause they all use cameras in portrait mode, and its not a problem to hold. And hey they rotate their wrist to take portrait pics.

I think the argument about one handed use is crock. just watch i phone users in action, most go two handed in either orientation when it comes to selecting things, cause the thumb dont reach across the whole screen real estate one handed. Keyboard work needs two hands cause its faster even in portrait:D

frals 2009-09-23 12:56
Re: Portrait mode use cases
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jaffa (Post 332085)
I picked up a colleague's iPhone, pressed the button to get to the home screen and it didn't rotate the screen when I rotated the device.

There was a lot of talk when the iPhone was released about which apps supported landscape mode instead of just portrait mode; and that has improved over time.

Nokia have made the choices they've made. Why are people going round and round in circles on this?
To make sure the portrait mode support does improve (hopefully). :)

anidel 2009-09-23 13:17
Re: Portrait mode use cases
 
Indeed same applies to Android.
The desktop doesn't rotate in an official ROM even though it is supported!

Custom ROM do enable it.

It is even worse knowing you can do it, but that some marketing guy decided you must not have it.

JayBomb999 2009-09-23 13:48
Re: Portrait mode use cases
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jaffa (Post 332085)
I picked up a colleague's iPhone, pressed the button to get to the home screen and it didn't rotate the screen when I rotated the device.

There was a lot of talk when the iPhone was released about which apps supported landscape mode instead of just portrait mode; and that has improved over time.

Nokia have made the choices they've made. Why are people going round and round in circles on this?
I think it's worth noting that it was the landscape mode Apple, Google and others didn't implement immediately. They all came to the conclusion that portrait orientation was the obvious default expected by consumers.

I know, I know... "mobile computer". Right.

zerojay 2009-09-23 13:50
Re: Portrait mode use cases
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by JayBomb999 (Post 332137)
I think it's worth noting that it was the landscape mode Apple, Google and others didn't implement immediately. They all came to the conclusion that portrait orientation was the obvious default expected by consumers.

I know, I know... "mobile computer". Right.
I think it's worth noting that the iPhone doesn't have a landscape keyboard. If the iPhone DID have a landscape keyboard, landscape orientation would be the obvious default expected by consumers.

anidel 2009-09-23 13:55
Re: Portrait mode use cases
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by zerojay (Post 332139)
I think it's worth noting that the iPhone doesn't have a landscape keyboard. If the iPhone DID have a landscape keyboard, landscape orientation would be the obvious default expected by consumers.
That's not correct.
They do have landscape keyboard (now):

http://www.apple.com/iphone/iphone-3gs/keyboard.html

Aniello

range 2009-09-23 13:58
Re: Portrait mode use cases
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by christexaport (Post 331528)
I think the concensus is most of the tablet guys don't want the phone, and aren't as interested in portrait usage, despite the outcry from the smartphonerati (it IS a word! shut up! LOL). Ditch the workarounds and lets get the UI rotation solved. I don't know how, but you guys do. Is a rotating UI planned or not? I don't think it sounds like it is.
So where is your idea on brainstorm? Get active, man, if you want things changed!

zerojay 2009-09-23 13:59
Re: Portrait mode use cases
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by anidel (Post 332140)
That's not correct.
They do have landscape keyboard (now):

http://www.apple.com/iphone/iphone-3gs/keyboard.html

Aniello
I'm talking about a hardware keyboard.

johnkzin 2009-09-23 14:01
Re: Portrait mode use cases
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by anidel (Post 332108)
Indeed same applies to Android.
The desktop doesn't rotate in an official ROM even though it is supported!
Not quite true.

The desktop will rotate if you open the physical keyboard*.

I don't know why that's the ONLY case in which the desktop rotates (in the mainline dist), but it does rotate.



(* and since, when speaking of pocketable devices, only devices that have physical keyboards are worth discussing, that means all Android devices have a desktop that rotates ;-) )

anidel 2009-09-23 14:06
Re: Portrait mode use cases
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by zerojay (Post 332144)
I'm talking about a hardware keyboard.
Ok, this connects to the G1 with a hardware keyboard.
You open it up and it rotates to landscape...I didn't know that


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