Thread: When we will start writing in vertical position :(
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2010-03-28 , 13:56
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Originally Posted by Corso85 View Post
Well. It might be too drastic. and maybe too late for Maemo5. But the way I would've done it, is make Portrait the default. and Lansdscape the selective. Like all other devices.

so you're free to setup your widgets in Portrait. play with them. even the menu is portrait, mult-tasker is portrait and so on......

Then , the apps that should have a landscape mode are the browser and the sms.
The hardware is landscape by default due to the keyboard. Some other devices don't have a keyboard so the default orientation is not so clear-cut.

The situation you propose wouldn't solve the situation of both orientations just start a lot of debates about why landscape wasn't default when there was a keyboard.

Most computer and media devices are tending towards landscape mode now due to movies etceteras. This isn't to sy that portrait isn't useful just that with a pop-down keyboard landscape is more natural if you are going to have a primary orientation.