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[Lars Knudsen <larsgk@xxxxxxxxx>]

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 <alanbell@xxxxxxxxxx> 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.
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