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Personally as a user I would find it very annoying if all applications that
do rotate didn't auto-rotate by default ;) Of course if there is the
availability to set this in settings it is ok but for default behaviour
personally I expect when trying out a new phone for apps to autorotate
(when available). Forcing a user to choose rotation settings imho is not
very user friendly.

For sure apps that do rotate should be available to be locked to a certain
orientation (via the HUD?).

Just my 1 cent.

Br,
Jason


On 26 February 2013 12:08, Lena Zvereva <zverolen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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.
>>
>>
>>
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