Community SSU/Features/Portrait mode
Portrait mode can now be forced on all applications as part of the Community SSU. Not all applications work perfectly. Details of the compatibility of applications with portrait mode is compiled below.
Portrait Mode Compatibility
System Applications
| Application | Status | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Camera | Semi-usable | Display is buggy, Photo is taken correctly |
| Clock | Semi-usable | Icons are not rearranged. Can't access "World Clock" |
| Media Player | Semi-usable | Icons are not rearranged. |
| Contacts | Fully Usable | N/A |
| Phone | Fully Usable | Add new contact UI error |
| Conversation | Fully Usable | Needs to scrolls horizontally to read the full message. |
| Calendar | Not Usable | |
| Web | Fully Usable | When using built-in auto-rotation, ui elements such as address and status bar are unaccessible. When rotated by hildon but the browser itself has rotation disabled, just about all UI elements are usable. |
| Hildon-Desktop(?) | Not Available | |
| Task Switcher | Not Available | Part of hildon-desktop |
| Settings | Fully Usable | N/A |
| Photo Viewer | Semi-Usable | Viewing photos is buggy. The system get confused which direction to show image and thus image rotates haphazardly |
| Xterminal | Fully Usable | Rotation from portrait to landscape generates a large amount of "blank" space between the last lines of the history, and the current command-input line. |
| File Manager | Fully Usable | N/A |
| Application Manager | Fully Usable | When portrait mode looses colour and when back in landscape there is flicker and takes time to rearrange |
| Modest | Fully Usable | There is an issue with the size of the New Mail button which is fixed right when u click it |
| Backup | Fully Usable | N/A |
| Calculator | Not Usable | The keys don't align to the portrait mode |
| Notes | Fully Usable | N/A |
| Clock | Not Usable | The 3 bottom selection buttons do not get aligned to Portrait mode |
3rd Party Applications
Which of these already support rotation? Which require to be forced?
| Application | Status | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| BlessN900 | Not Usable | In portrait mode, display is buggy |
| CBRpager | Fully Usable | In portrait mode, some of the buttons are hidden. |
| Gpodder | Fully Usable | Some small changes to be made |
| Fast Application Manager | Fully Usable | N/A |
| FBReader | Fully Usable | In portrait mode, some of the icons are hidden. |
| FeedingIt | Fully Usable | N/A |
| Munadi | Fully Usable | N/A |
| QWP | Fully Usable | N/A |
| www2sms | Not Usable | All buttons are off-screen |
| DropN900 | Fully Usable | Some inconvenience with resizing of columns |
| Foreca Weather | Not Usable | Some buttons off- screen. Horizantal Scrolling not possible |