Re: Portrait mode use cases
 

Media Player, for audio you have consistent reasonings and you are encouraged to post your ideas to the Brainstorm. Video is a secondary case since most users will want to see them taking as much display resolution as possible (usually landscape).

Someone has mentioned controls of the media application through hardware keys and what consequences this have for portrait mode (see also http://maemo.org/community/brainstor...n_when_locked/ ). You can control the volume with +/- keys even with the display locked. For more complex operations, the system actually assumes that you have headphones with such keys integrated and much more reachable than a device in your pocket.

Re: Portrait mode use cases
 

First off, I didn't report anything as a "fact" and the only statement I made was... "I'm not sure it is a good idea for a manufacturer to promote one handed operation of a smart phone."

I gave an opinion about future, popular perceptions based upon what is currently being reported in the news. I gave links to simple Google searches that I made to support my opinion.
As is often the case with some, if an opinion is contrary to theirs, they will find a way to change the conversation to one that they have prepared talking points for.

My opinion was not based on any belief in a Utopia or even a new world order. In fact I actually stated that.. "I don’t agree with this, but it happens".

I posted that No where did I even say that I believed this was Nokia's intent. In a subsequent post I said "The fact that portrait mode would require a little effort on the users part or need a third parties involvement may, in the future prove prudent"

...again an opinion different than yours.

Lets recap shall we? :)

How do my above, highlighted (in bold) words add up to a statement of fact?

(A rhetorical question. Please don't answer. I concede, you win. I get the message.) :eek:

Edit: Corrected user name... sorry ysss

Re: Portrait mode use cases
 

Thanks for the answer!

Playing around a bit with a friend's N97, I found why I am personally so worried about one handed use in portrait mode: because holding the device that way allows me to have it safely nested in my hand, and operate it only with my thumb.

I guess that a form factor a la Palm Pre is not in the works? *dreams*

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How did my username get into that quote??

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YoDude I never posted an opinion on the portrait mode subject nor do I care about it.

What you posted ¨...recently there was a Washington DC subway accident that killed 9. In both cases a possible cause stated was "operator distracted while text messaging.." is incorrect. Metro (who is part of the official investigation team) never release such a statement. Yes it was stated by whomever but it was not true. For anyone to quote/print statements that has no facts to support it I feel is acting reckless.

That driver died trying to stop that train. That is a fact. YoDude there is no more I have to say on this.

Sorry people for hijacking this tread.

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1000 apologies ysss, I was trying to multitask before leaving the desktop to run an errand earlier... I was pro'ly quoting you in another window and mixed them up somehow.

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Thanks for that info Quim. Great ! Full system wide landscape support - where everything works correctly (and not half-baked) would be damned good.

And I presume this is because QT has very good UI auto-adjustments using its layout widgets.

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Ah, so multi-button headsets are finally supported :-)

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I usually process list, read lists, create lists. Even in terminal, so portrait mode would be useful for me. For web browsing - there *are* people who create proper web sites which are readable in 480px + with "div oriented zooming" it should be easy to zoom on longer article on, say, news.bbc and leave navigation on the sides concentrating on real content.

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heavyt is correct.

I did not read the individual Google results until this was pointed out. The searches were made to support my memory that there were multiple incidents with one occurring recently. The DC incident that I referred to was not text related.

The more recent of the two text related train incidents that I was searching for actually occurred in Boston. My apologies to heavyt and anyone who may have been offended by that post.