Rotate single application

Alexander Chemeris Alexander.Chemeris at sipez.com
Fri Nov 28 01:30:33 CET 2008


On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 3:11 AM, Al Johnson
<openmoko at mazikeen.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> On Thursday 27 November 2008, Carsten Haitzler wrote:
>> On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 20:07:25 +0000 Al Johnson
>> <openmoko at mazikeen.demon.co.uk>
>>
>> babbled:
>> > > as such you could selectively rotate thew WHOLE screen if a particular
>> > > window is focused, but e has no such code - a module could be written
>> > > that does just that. but then the keyboard, top-bar etc. will also
>> > > rotate.
>> >
>> > That's what I was thinking of.
>>
>> so as such you'd like it, if application X is focused (active app) then the
>> whole screen rotates as long as its focused - then rotates back to normal
>> when somewhere else? (eg it's a game or video that prefers to run in
>> landscape mode).
>
> I think that's what the OP was asking for. Personally it would need some
> careful interface design to avoid driving me nuts! It's another tool that
> might be good for some people in some circumstances.

Actually I thought more about rotating just application's
main window content - that should be much smoother
when switching back and forth. But I'd be happy with
rotating the whole screen too. And hopefully not only me :)


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