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anyone else want landscape view to be possible all the time?
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I really couldnt care less. I type so much slower in landscape mode. I use portrait mode so much that i am way faster at it. I find landscape mode to type in is so much harder.
I'd actually prefer to not have it as an option because it would be messy and most likely buggy.
I'd actually prefer to not have it as an option because it would be messy and most likely buggy.
I would LOVE landscape text. The keyboard in Safari is so nice and roomy and I'm much faster with it.
YES. I agree with him that this is a bad option.
Why? Because I often find the phone rotating when I didn't mean it to. Like, when I'm lounging on the sofa and I end up leaning a little bit too far and the whole screen changes.
That's annoying, but it's worth putting up with it for things like 'Photos' in order to have screen rotating when I need it. So I just live with the annoyance because I get a benefit from having that ability in other situation. In other words, it's "worth it."
What I DON'T want is more instances of screen rotating in cases where I get no benefit. You can not type quickly with 2 thumbs in landscape text mode. The ONLY thing it benefits are 1-finger typers.
So this suggestion would annoy me (by adding more screen rotations) and benefit ONLY 1-finger typers (so it gains me nothing).
Something that annoys me with no positive trade-off is something I'm going to say 'no thanks' to.
This one I agree with. I'm not opposed to screen-rotating, I just think it needs to have a large benefit to make the trade-off worth it. Landscape keyboards don't have enough of a benefit. Wide-screen e-mails do.
I personally am not dying for more landcape-ness. I only want it there when it "makes sense".
And I agree about the tilt-when-you-don't-want-to syndrome. I'd like a way to set the threshold, so that it only goes landscape when the phone is completely put sideways.
And I agree about the tilt-when-you-don't-want-to syndrome. I'd like a way to set the threshold, so that it only goes landscape when the phone is completely put sideways.
I would freaking love landscape to always be an option, but the 'battery draining' idea seems likely and pooey 
I could use Landscape mode in SMS... not because it will make me type fast but, instead because it will make it EASIER to hold the damn phone. Ever try texting with 2 thumbs while laying down... it's near impossible to keep a grip on the phone since your hands are so close together... I usually have to type with 1 finger when I lay down.
Landscape texting = iRealSMS
the demo is available though Cydia.. obv your iPhone needs to be unlocked
its only a couple of quid to get the full version
been using it about a month now, pretty good!
the demo is available though Cydia.. obv your iPhone needs to be unlocked
its only a couple of quid to get the full version
been using it about a month now, pretty good!
some of these suggestions like "oh i prefer it NOT to be an option" are completely moronic.
what the phone needs is a UNIVERSAL on or off mode for landscape mode which would apply to apps that can allow screen rotation in the first place. some apps already have this in their own options (like jaadu).
what the phone needs is a UNIVERSAL on or off mode for landscape mode which would apply to apps that can allow screen rotation in the first place. some apps already have this in their own options (like jaadu).
Agreed. To me, the iPhone is much more uncomfortable when I hold it landscape. I prefer portrait.