Thread: When we will start writing in vertical position :(
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2010-03-28 , 12:18
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Originally Posted by Corso85 View Post
My statement was precise. No Portrait for "Maemo 5". The OS. Global. I didn't say anything about the Apps. This includes and means, the application menu, widget placement, virtual keyboard , status bar placement. No statement to indicate this is even in the plans for Maemo 5. Only Maemo 6. Oh my bad. Meeeego

By all means, i'd love to be wrong
The reason that there is no statement to say it is in the plans is because the roadmap says it isn't a universal feature of Maemo 5 but the OS supplies the necessary hooks to allow applications to take advantage should they wish to.

Universal UI rotation was discussed at length on here but the obvious issues of how to rearrange the desktop on rotation was a stumbling block. Symbian gets around this issue by not allowing such flexible placement of widgets and gadgets on the desktop. If you can think up a suitable solution then I am sure people would love to hear it and work on a possible implimentation with you: suggest a new thread to gain best possible reception though.