Someone on here did a mockup of what it would look like and you could only see the last two messages I think. I'm 100% fine with the current text setup, especially because I've gotten so used to the compact keyboard.
yeah but its sooo much easier typing in landscape![]()
I don't think that the scrolling would be that bad. I mean how often do you want to look at texts from a month ago?
While I agree with others that landscape texting would be quite nice, it doesn't really seem practical with the size of the keyboard in that mode. There is very little screen space above the keyboard, and you would find yourself scrolling a LOT more. Sure you could read the text in portrait and then actually type in landscape, but that's a lot of flipping back and forth... unless they resize the keyboard a bit or something, I don't think it would be very practical in actual usage...
Sure, if you don't want to see only the last 2 messages, keep your phone upright. I believe that the choice of landscape mode will not harm anybody, considering they are not forcing you to use it! Personally, when I'm typing up a text message, it's usually after I've read the previous ones, and all I need is for the screen to display the text I'm typing.
Oh and by the way: this feature would probably take a skilled apple programmer about 20 seconds to include.
While I agree with others that landscape texting would be quite nice, it doesn't really seem practical with the size of the keyboard in that mode. There is very little screen space above the keyboard, and you would find yourself scrolling a LOT more. Sure you could read the text in portrait and then actually type in landscape, but that's a lot of flipping back and forth... unless they resize the keyboard a bit or something, I don't think it would be very practical in actual usage...