What happens when an iPad/iPhone is connected to a tv and the iPhone is in portrait mode (or via the wifi to an appletv)? I am not saying that Apple always has the answer, but they usually have pretty good solutions to these things.
(this also goes for the multi-screen games, etc.) - Lars On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 10:11 AM, Alan Bell <alanb...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > On 25/02/13 23:54, Frank Mertens wrote: > >> Just my 2 cents: Lack of autorotation can also be seen as a feature. >> Supporting rotations everywhere can be very confusing, forcing the user >> to hold the device in a certain angle towards gravity just to get the >> expected layout. And btw. the photo app already supports autorotation and >> in this particular case it really makes sense. >> >> yes, if the design goal is to not have rotation then that is fine, it > makes certain things simpler and it could be that phone apps are portrait, > but tablet and tv is landscape with portrait stuff in the side shelf, if > that is the rule then fine. Rotation is just something that is going to be > really hard to retrofit if it isn't designed in from the beginning - all > the apps won't be designed for it, won't expect it and will break. If is is > being designed out of the platform (you can't rotate a TV easily) then this > really should be stated and sold as a feature. > What should happen to the side shelf on a portrait tablet? > > > Alan. > > -- > I work at http://libertus.co.uk > > > -- > Mailing list: > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-**phone<https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone> > Post to : > ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.**net<ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net> > Unsubscribe : > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-**phone<https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone> > More help : > https://help.launchpad.net/**ListHelp<https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> >
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