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2010-01-14
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Originally Posted by wizbowes
imo it is better this way. those who want will get a sneek preview for browser portrait mode if they insist. and in the end everybody will have full portrait mode "out of the box". so you have a feature that isn't complete but still usable at least as an technology demo, why not to put it as an easter egg?
I fail to see how a half implemented functional change can be called an easter egg.
That said perhaps I'll use that approach on the software systems I deliver in future. Turn every failed delivery into an 'unexpected bonus' for the users.
(FTR I couldn't give too hoots about portrait mode browsing - I'm just saying).
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2010-01-14
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Originally Posted by ossipena
My point was that it's not an easter egg. Looking for a good definition of an easter egg I found this on http://www.eeggs.com/faq.html#definition
imo it is better this way. those who want will get a sneek preview for browser portrait mode if they insist. and in the end everybody will have full portrait mode "out of the box". so you have a feature that isn't complete but still usable at least as an technology demo, why not to put it as an easter egg?
A true Easter Egg must satisfy the following criteria:
1. Undocumented, Hidden, and Non-Obvious
An Easter Egg can't be a legitimate feature of a product, or be an obvious part of a storyline. Easter Eggs will usually stand out either because they totally don't fit with their context (like a pinball game in a word processor), or because they have a deeper hidden personal meaning to the creators, so they threw it in for entertainment.
Browsing in portrait mode is a legitimate functional piece of the browser completely within context of the use of the browser.
Just because they released functionality before they finished iti doesn't make it an easter egg in my book.
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2010-01-14
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Originally Posted by wizbowes
lol....
My point was that it's not an easter egg. Looking for a good definition of an easter egg I found this on http://www.eeggs.com/faq.html#definition
A true Easter Egg must satisfy the following criteria:
1. Undocumented, Hidden, and Non-Obvious
An Easter Egg can't be a legitimate feature of a product, or be an obvious part of a storyline. Easter Eggs will usually stand out either because they totally don't fit with their context (like a pinball game in a word processor), or because they have a deeper hidden personal meaning to the creators, so they threw it in for entertainment.
Browsing in portrait mode is a legitimate functional piece of the browser completely within context of the use of the browser.
Just because they released functionality before they finished iti doesn't make it an easter egg in my book.
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2010-01-14
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Hmm keep hitting CTRL+Shift (the far left key on the bottom row) + O key and nothing happens.
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2010-01-14
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Originally Posted by ZackMorris
Thats because it only goes portrait AFTER you rotate the phone.
Hmm keep hitting CTRL+Shift (the far left key on the bottom row) + O key and nothing happens.
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2010-01-14
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Originally Posted by maxximuscool
I don't
Yeah only browser!!! we want the whole UI portrait mode!!
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2010-01-14
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I had to reboot the phone after updating for it to start working.
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2010-01-14
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Originally Posted by sjgadsby
Thanks. That thread had a better title than this one - can this one be changed to "Browser experimental portrait mode in PR1.1" or similar?
The thread "N900 Update! Portrait Mode (Browser Only)" with seventeen posts has been merged into this thread.
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EDIT: Got it working, had to uninstall libqflow...it did something wicked -> killed the accelometer (I tested it with Bounce and I couldn't do anything, ball just went its own course)
Last edited by rokmystage; 2010-01-14 at 12:29.