I was tempted to report it as a usability bug as well. Call it user error, whatever, but I've used the wrong button almost as much as I've used the right one.
Sure, it makes sense to see it as: portrait up/down, landscape right/left, but in practice I'm not necessarily looking at the phone to know which way is back / front or left / right or even if I am at a definitive position portrait / landscape. There's a lot of grey geometry in between the two absolutes.
If I had the option to configure them to always be mapped to the same keys, I'd use it. But life goes on regardless
it doesn't make sense but landscape mode have always had - / + -arrangement in maemo devices. probably no-one thought about that when going partly portrait.
they obviosly did think about it! and im glad they did. otherwise whilst in portrait we would all be muting our handsets instead of increasing the vol!!
if you have to look to see how your holding your phone.
.............no comment lofl
Its not a matter of which way your holding your phone, its a matter of which mode (landscape or portrait) that the phone has decided to stay in whilst your on the phone.
I have often answered it while it was ringing in landscape and then lifted it to my ear where the phone physically is portrait but the software doesnt change it to portrait as the screen is off (not sure why the reason is) so then im pressing the up button to turn the volume up and its turning it down.
Damn annoying, as if the phone worked it properly I'd be happy with this feature. I agree that the buttons should switch for which way the phone is - it makes more sense. For now though, I have put the phone settings on portrait only to save this problem.
well to me that makes perfect sence
but im no idiot?
Yes to me also it makes perfect sense. Actually currently I´m using phone app in always landscape mode and almost every-time I try to turn volume up in the middle of conversation I manage to mute it because to me it seems to be natural that when talking the upper key should make phone louder. So the behavior what Nokia has forced on by default is good for me and probably statistically good for major of people. Sadly i´m using phone only in landscape so volume control stays same.
But to make everyone happy this should be configurable option in phone apps settings.
if the screen auto rotates when you turn the phone from landscape to portrait is that a bug?? NO. it makes perfect sense that the volume keys would follow suite? or am i missing something?
Try this:
1. Set phone to 'automatic orientation'
2. Put phone in landscape mode, and mute volume by pressing the left side of the volume rocker.
3. hold the right side of the volume rocker to increase volume, while at the same time turning the phone to portrait.
You will see volume go up, until the phone is in portrait, and then it will go back to mute.
There should be more configuration control of the volume control while in phone app, IMO.
