Mobile/Archive/PortraitMode

Summary

Support dynamic portrait/landscape changes when rotating the N900.

Current Status

A WIP patch exists that seems to enable the dynamic rotation support, but only if the Maemo default browser has it's portrait mode enabled.

Next Steps

• Figure out why the Maemo browser is "connected" to Firefox rotation (mfinkle)
• Clean up any portrait mode bugs in the UI layout. Windows Mobile supports the rotation by default and has turned up some bugs.
• Speed up the post-rotation redraw code.

Related Bugs

bug 541015

Team

• Project Lead: mfinkle

Designs

Ideas for portrait polish:

• portrait vs. landscape tab thumbnails
• more vertical spacing on controls
• requiring more of a re-orientation than just past 45deg to make the switch
• having a sensible orientation lock mechanism

Goals/Use Cases

• Quickly and correctly switch from landscape to portrait (and back again) as the user rotates the device.

Non Goals