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.
The purpose of forcerotation is not to enable system-wide portrait for end-users.
System Applications
| Application | Status | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Backup | Fully Usable | N/A |
| Calculator | Not Usable | The keys don't align to the portrait mode |
| Calendar | Not Usable | |
| Camera | Semi-usable | Display is buggy, Photo is taken correctly |
| Clock | Semi-usable | Icons are not rearranged. Can't access "World Clock" |
| Contacts | Semi-usable | Crashes on editing of contact. |
| Conversations | Semi-Usable | Needs to scrolls horizontally to read the full message and the delete button is not visible while viewing a single message. |
| File Manager | Fully Usable | N/A |
| Hildon Application Manager (HAM) | Fully Usable | When portrait mode looses colour and when back in landscape there is flicker and takes time to rearrange |
| Hildon-Desktop | Not Available | |
| Media Player | Semi-usable | Icons are not rearranged. |
| MicroB (Web) | Semi-Usable | When using built-in auto-rotation, ui elements such as address and status bar are unaccessible. When rotated by hildon ('enabled rotation' off in it's settings), just about all UI elements are usable, except the bookmark button (hidden behind the little arrow by address bar). The full screen button is there in the arrow's submenu, but it's hidden in the bottom part of the blank space that's there. |
| Modest (email) | Fully Usable | There is an issue with the size of the New Message button which is fixed when it's clicked |
| Notes | Fully Usable | N/A |
| Phone | Fully Usable | Add/Edit new contact UI unusable. |
| Photo Viewer | Semi-Usable | Viewing photos is buggy. The system get confused which direction to show image and thus image rotates haphazardly |
| Task Switcher | Not Available | Part of hildon-desktop |
| Settings | Fully Usable | N/A |
| 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. |
3rd Party Applications
Which of these already support rotation? Which require to be forced?
| Application | Status | Rotation | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| App Search Widget | Not Usable | Forced | In portrait mode, the applications are not shown, if they are searched or otherwise. |
| BlessN900 | Not Usable | Forced | In portrait mode, display is buggy |
| Catorise | Fully Usable | Forced | When switching from landscape-portrait or vice versa, it moves from category to base level |
| CBRpager | Fully Usable | In portrait mode, some of the buttons are hidden. | |
| CuteTube | Fully Usable | Supported | N/A |
| DropN900 | Fully Usable | Forced | Some inconvenience with resizing of columns |
| espeakcaller | Not Usable | Forced | No rearrangement/resizing of UI elements |
| EvilAlarm | Fully Usable | N/A | |
| Fast Application Manager (FAPman) | Fully Usable | Supported | N/A |
| FBReader | Fully Usable | Forced | In portrait mode, some of the icons are hidden. |
| Filebox | Fully Usable | Supported | N/A |
| FM Radio | Not Usable | Forced | No rearrangement/resizing of UI elements |
| Foreca Weather | Not Usable | Forced | Some buttons off- screen. Horizontal Scrolling not possible |
| Freoffice | Semi Usable | Forced | Missing a few icons, but it works |
| GBoggle | Fully Usable | Layout needs work | |
| GoConvert | Fully Usable | N/A | |
| Gpodder | Fully Usable | Supported | Some small changes to be made |
| Groove | Fully Usable | N/A | |
| LeafPad | Fully Usable | Needs portrait keyboard, obviously. | |
| Mastory | Fully Usable | N/A | |
| Mediabox | Semi Usable | No album art displayed | |
| Mobile Hot Spot | Fully Usable | N/A | |
| Munadi | Fully Usable | N/A | |
| QWP | Fully Usable | N/A | |
| Scout | Fully Usable | Although result-list shows horizontal scroll bar | |
| Theme Customiser | Not Usable | All main buttons are off-screen | |
| www2sms | Not Usable | Forced | All buttons are off-screen |
| usb hostmode-gui | Fully Usable | N/A |