On Tuesday, August 19, 2003, at 02:21 PM, Richard Huggins wrote:
And to be doubly clear, are we agreed that "portrait" means taller than
wide, and "landscape" means wider than tall? It always has in print drivers
I've used, but again--we're being doubly clear.
Yes, of course.
I agree with Blue that it still is not clear as to whether the references to
rotation have meant:
• a monitor (like the old Radius line) built to be able to physically
swivel, and usually coming with software that alters the image accordingly
No, they don't make those anymore.
• a fixed-configuration monitor which one lays on its side
Yes.
• a fixed-configuration monitor in portrait mode (taller than wide)
No, they don't make those anymore.
As Robert said in an earlier post, screen rotation is only feasible for people who own LCD (flat-panel) displays. CRTs (cathode ray tube, i.e., conventional monitors) mostly cannot be operating on their side, with rare exceptions like the old Radius pivot displays.
LCDs don't have that limitation, so any old LCD can be operated in portrait mode instead of landscape mode. All you need is software that will tell the OS to rotate the screen image 90 degrees. (Well, that and a stand or mounting bracket that will hold the LCD on its side.) Currently, this software is only available for Windows -- apparently, it's even built-in to some video card drivers -- and OS 9.
The orgasmic advantage that Robert is talking about here is the ability to see all of the instruments on an orchestral score at once. Also the ability to see an entire page of music on screen at once at a high resolution.
This advantage is more orgasmic for some than others. Personally, I don't mind the vertical scrolling so much. I'd rather be able to see the maximum number of measures in scroll view, so screen rotation doesn't seem like such a big deal for me -- though I will admit that I don't have an LCD display yet so I've never tried it. I suppose if I had a mounting bracket or a stand that allowed for easy physical rotation of the screen, I might compose in Scroll View in landscape mode, then edit in Page View in portrait mode.
(Incidentally, Robert, have you tried writing to ATI and/or nVidia customer support and requesting this feature from *them*? Since apparently nVidia provides support for screen rotation on Windows, perhaps they would consider doing the same for OS X? ATI might be an even better bet, though, as they sell boxed, retail products and release their own drivers, independently of Apple (whereas nVidia is only an OEM provider, and Apple does the drivers). It's worth a shot.)
For example, I'm on Mac and have a Mitsubishi 21" monitor (not flat panel) capable of up to 1024 X 768 rez. Does it apply to me?
No.
- Darcy
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