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[Alan Bell <alanbell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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.

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