In a previous post I asked myself why “doesn’t the auto-rotation work when you turn the N82 to the right?” When you turn the N82 and other devices with the built-in accelerometer and auto-screen rotation to the left, the screen automatically adjust to the correct landscape position. But trying the same thing with device facing the right, it stays stuck in portrait mode.
You would think that after months, they would implement this on the newly released N96, but sadly this is not the case. It is now confirmed that currently, the screen auto-rotation does not work when you turn the N96 to the right, but it does work nicely when turned to the left. Hopefully, this is something a new firmware can fix and while they are at it, they should fix this on older devices.
Is this a useful feature for you? Or are you happy with having the screen rotation work only on the left?
I think it’s not just an issue of _auto_rotation, but of rotation in itself. It’s not only about rotating the pixels, but the text for the buttons would have to be moved to the other side, too.
That would add an additional complexity that at least I have no use for. There are a lot of other issues (speed, stability) I would rather have fixed first.
I’d imagine the option to rotate to all directions would benefit at least left-handed people. If its reason for not rotating left has anything to do with the fact that Symbian doesn’t have the capability to move the menu softbuttons or the scroll bar to the left side of the screen really makes me feel that this is just another case of an OS being updated (read: bloated) incrementally according to market demands, adding features on top of the existing software, but NOT being designed to work without restrictions from the ground up.
Im guessing rotate to the left would assist left handed people.
like kimmo, said i am aleft handed and this is just not good for myself.
hopefully the N85 does not suffer from this problem since i am looking to pick up that particular device. it’d be nice to see full rotation in both left and right views.
Hi NokiaGuide,
I emailed you a while ago but never heard back, can you please email me so we can discuss my proposal?
Thanks
man u can use Rotate Me 2.1 not 2.0 ..u can turn the phon to the left and the screen will , too.
Ive read a lot about the N95 recently and it sure sounds fantastic, but I dont think I will buy one. Previously I had the N95 for a little while, and it was just too bulky for my liking. The N96 is similar in size, and so its gonna be a no from me.
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