'Home' screen orientation

[rikers_mailbox]

I've been enjoying my iPhone, the interface is great. But I'm wondering, shouldn't the Home screen be orientation sensitive?

(pardon the horrible photo-chop. I actually did it in .ppt, yuck)

 

[Sobe]

shouldn't it? That's rather subjective.

I suppose they could have chosen to make it reorient itself if they thought they wanted it to work that way, but they didn't.

It seems more like a design choice than an error to me.

 

[rikers_mailbox]

It seems more like a design choice than an error to me.

Right, I didn't intend to make it sound like an error.

My point is that if the accelerometer was enough of a selling point to be mentioned it should have been more fully integrated.

 

[siurpeeman]

the problem with making the home screen orientation-sensitive is that you'd have to make all the applications that way as well. weather, stocks, calculator and calendar could all really be done without. i think it's fine the way it is.

 

[Justo706]

shouldn't the Home screen be orientation sensitive?

Shouldn't everything be orientation sensitive? If apple incorperates that type of technology they should put it to good use.

 

[mpw]

...If apple incorperates that type of technology they should put it to good use.

Same could be said of an awful lot of features Apple decided to omit.

 

[Sobe]

Same could be said of an awful lot of features Apple decided to omit.

I'm still holding out for integrated communications satellite operation and a cigar guillotine.

 

[mpw]

I'm still holding out for integrated communications satellite operation and a cigar guillotine.

I'd be happy with it just syncing/connecting with AddressBook properly.