Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: > On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 12:08:06PM +0000, Dave Ball wrote: >> However, what's the use-case for an application requesting either of the >> inverted states? I can't see when those would be useful - in terms of >> hints the app would supply. >> >> Obviously, if the WM was deciding orientation based on the device >> position, you would correctly rotate to the inverted states, but if an >> application is built for portrait or landscape is there any reason a >> developer would not want the "normal" portrait/landscape orientation for >> the device? >> > > Yes, certain devices may be better prepared (in terms of connectivity for > power, usb, etc...) for one kind of landscape rather than the other. >
Yup - although that would be at the device level rather than the application level. If the WM knows what the device's policy is, I can't see a situation where one app wants to be in "landscape", and a different app wants to be in "landscape inverted" on the same device? Dave _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
