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Originally Posted by jcompagner View Post
then the phone app doesnt completely follow that guide line, it has the option of 'potrait' of 'automatic'
or do you mean that if they can switch it must be automatic? i agree thats a bit stupid better would be 2 have 4 options: landscape,portrait,automatic,user

and when it is user the program menu has a toggle button.
From the Hildon 2.2 UI Style Guidelines:

For one-handed use, the touch screen device cannot be used properly in landscape orientation.
For these tasks a separate portrait UI mode can be provided. The Maemo 5 devices should
feature a sensor detecting the device’s orientation. Switching the UI between landscape and
portrait should be automatic based on the input from this sensor.
This language doesn't preclude options for manual toggling; and guidelines are just that, not set in stone.