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[Lena Zvereva <zverolen@xxxxxxxxx>]

To me, it seems better to have all apps locked on the preferred 
orientation. And as for games - true, it's not possible for plenty of 
them to work in portrait

On 2/26/2013 1:51 PM, Alan Bell wrote:
> On 26/02/13 09:45, Lena Zvereva wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > i'm curious if all users do find not having rotation for some devices 
> > to be handy. Personally i dislike my being able to use e.g. Skype 
> > only in landscape mode on a tablet. The point is, what if you switch 
> > between a bunch of apps - you have to rotate your device all the time.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > zverolen
>
> I am quite keen to avoid constant rotation, so I want *all* apps to be 
> tested and fine in both aspect ratios, or them *all* to be locked to 
> the preferred orientation of the device. On Android I have a bunch of 
> apps that want to be portrait, some that want to be landscape and some 
> that support rotation. Games are probably the worst offenders at being 
> inflexible.