Thread: Portrait mode on the N900 coming in PR1.2 (plus email and conversations)
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attila77 is offline attila77
2010-05-13 , 17:39
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#109
Originally Posted by Zalman View Post
Can anyone explain me WHY is that so difficult? The excuse of "this is a computer with phone capabilities" is not an excuse anymore! I can use my 22 inch widescreen monitor in PORTRAIT mode using Vista or XP, how hard is for Maemo to do that?
Because the bigger your screen is (compared to the GUI elements), the easier is it to flip modes. Your vista or XP is technically not doing any better than Maemo, it’s just that on Maemo that behaviour looks a lot worse due to the size of GUI elements, so it is turned off by default.
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