IMO, the browser should re-wrap text automatically the way Blazer does, that way, I wouldn't need to zoom in & out all the time or be forced to use landscape.
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Levi Wallach <[email protected]> wrote: > Landscape is great when reading text because you can see larger font while > fitting the whole line on the screen. The main problem I have is if I'm > reading in bed on my side, I really have the pre somewhere between landscape > and portrait. There's a nice patch that lets you lock the orientation by > sliding out the keyboard, but it only works for the web browser.. > > > > > -- Sent from my Palm Pre > Craig Froehle wrote: > > Landscape works in certain apps, not in all environments. It's meant > > to be mostly a portrait-style phone, so the launcher, keyboard, > > calendar, and many core apps don't do landscape (they're optimized for > > portrait viewing anyway). Things that do landscape include YouTube > > viewer (of course), browser, Email (may need a patch...don't recall), > > and PDF viewer (with a patch), and there may be some others. > > Personally, I find landscape rather annoying since I'm used to the > > portrait format of my Treo/Centro over the years. > > > > On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 11:33 AM, John Messeder <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> It's smaller when I got it home than it felt in the store, and it > >> doesn't do landscape. > >> Smaller's not a problem. No landscape was a bit of a disappointment. > >> OTOH, the store guy said it does, so maybe I haven't hit the right > >> combination or buttons and need. OTOOH, he admitted not knowing a lot > >> about the Pre. He's an Android kind of guy. > >> All these new gestures are going to take some learning. And I > >> still don't know what exactly I did to get the calendar to stop telling > >> me about my granddaughter's birthday. > >> And I must figure out how to get EverNote onto it. > >> But I've been working this morning, only got the Pre last night, > >> and I'm sure I'll learn stuff as I play more. > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------ > >> > >> Yahoo! Groups Links > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/treo/ > > > > <*> Your email settings: > > Individual Email | Traditional > > > > <*> To change settings online go to: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/treo/join > > (Yahoo! ID required) > > > > <*> To change settings via email: > > [email protected] > > [email protected] > > > > <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > > [email protected] > > > > <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: > > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
