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2009-09-02
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@ ˙ǝɹǝɥʍou
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#91
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@messus: could you share the specific reasons\use cases that you need the portrait orientation for?
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2009-09-02
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I don't want portrait mode for EVERYTHING like people here are saying. Just on the apps that make sense to be used in portrait mode. No need to cripple the UI.
The browser maybe needs to get portrait mode.
The browser maybe needs to get portrait mode.
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2009-09-02
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@ ˙ǝɹǝɥʍou
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I wouldn't mind having portrait on EVERYTHING so I don't have to reorient the device as I -multitask- (y'know, running a few programs at the same time and moving between them).
There's gotta be some UI consistency mantra on this issue.
There's gotta be some UI consistency mantra on this issue.
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2009-09-02
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@ ˙ǝɹǝɥʍou
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#95
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@CF: Advance to post #1 of this thread 
Do not collect $200.
Do not collect $200.
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2009-09-02
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#96
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Originally Posted by ysss
@messus: could you share the specific reasons\use cases that you need the portrait orientation for?
As I said; basically for everything.
Just the fact that I am forced to go into landscape mode to answer/write messages is just ridicilous!
I fell in love with the design of this phone when I saw it 2 days ago, so much that even if the unit is lagging waaay behind both symbian/windows mobile/iphone with regards to 3'rd party SW applications available, I would be willing to accept this and see.
The N900 is powerful, has nice design etc.etc..
But I can promise you, if no Portrait Mode, no N900 for me and my IT company, for sure! Then it will be the iphone!
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2009-09-02
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@ Helsinki
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Originally Posted by ColdFusion
Ok, just to hypothesize: so how many months later would you have accepted to announce and get the N900, if we would have gone for this direction? 3? 6? 9? 12? 18?
I don't want portrait mode for EVERYTHING like people here are saying.
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2009-09-02
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Originally Posted by ragnar
You have already gone in that direction. Like I said, I don't want portrait mode for EVERYTHING like people here are saying.
Ok, just to hypothesize: so how many months later would you have accepted to announce and get the N900, if we would have gone for this direction? 3? 6? 9? 12? 18?
Maybe only in browser it'd have been in handy.
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2009-09-02
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@ Finland
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Originally Posted by ragnar
And how many more months after that, until most 3rd party apps gain an additional portrait mode to provide a consistent experience ?
Ok, just to hypothesize: so how many months later would you have accepted to announce and get the N900, if we would have gone for this direction? 3? 6? 9? 12? 18?
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2009-09-02
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#100
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This morning we were all watching the keynote in the hall, and I got the chance to ask people like ragnar or Mohammad Anwari (Input Method Framework) about this portrait keyboard and the possibility for the community to come up with something useful and usable.
Short and common answer: not easy at all.
Sure, Marcelo or <Your Name Here> can put some designers to work on a qwerty layout and then some coders to integrate it to the framework and make it show up when an app requires it in portrait mode. A very different thing is that Marcelo or <Your Name Here> will be able to hit those keys without mistakes, typing effortlessly with the thumb of your one hand.
If someone comes with a prototype we can start discussing on top of something more concrete.
Short and common answer: not easy at all.
Sure, Marcelo or <Your Name Here> can put some designers to work on a qwerty layout and then some coders to integrate it to the framework and make it show up when an app requires it in portrait mode. A very different thing is that Marcelo or <Your Name Here> will be able to hit those keys without mistakes, typing effortlessly with the thumb of your one hand.
If someone comes with a prototype we can start discussing on top of something more concrete.
