Thread: N900 Orientation
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2009-08-28 , 20:47
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#8
Originally Posted by pycage View Post
Can applications on the N900 detect the current orientation and switch accordingly to support both modes?
Yes.
Originally Posted by theflew View Post
I think with the "active desktop" and the free form nature of the desktop having it flip for portrait would have been difficult and not looked too nice.
Yeah, I agree it would be hard to make a desktop/widget layout that would work in both landscape and portrait modes. I suppose there could be two configurable desktops, one for portrait and one for landscape, but I can see room for user confusion when they add a widget then can't see it when they rotate, so making a good UI for this would be tricky.

Still, it would be nice to be able to access the switcher and app launcher in portrait mode (once more apps start supporting portrait to make this useful), without having to rotate the phone or look at all the icons sideways.