On Tue, Nov 03, 2009 at 07:40:58PM +0000, Neil Jerram wrote: > - for many apps there is a preferred orientation (e.g. zhone and > hex-a-hop), and the best thing is to rotate the screen to what is best > for each app, regardless of how the phone is being held
When this is the case, I stop omnewrotate. > - for some apps you definitely don't want the screen to be rotated > underneath them, e.g. mokomaze Idem. > - for the apps where autorotation makes sense, you want the control to > be easily accessible - certainly a lot easier than switching back to > the launcher or an xterm and doing something there :-) > > Have others already thought about this and devised solutions? > > I think a good solution might involve the window manager - since the > window manager knows which app is at the front of the screen and so > could rotate the screen correctly for it (including enabling > autorotation for the apps where that makes sense). Alternatively - at > least for e17 - an easily accessible gadget in the top shelf could > make it very simple to choose a specific orientation and to enable and > disable autorotation. The icon in the launcher being a toggler for omnewrotate is a "hack" as I haven't learned how to make a shelf gadget yet. Patches to make a shelf gadget for omnewrotate are, of course, welcome :) Rui _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community