Symbian-Guru: Day 1 & 2 - N95 8GB Lebanon Ambassador
Chirantan
· 1 year ago
Nice concept Ricky!
but my only question is about "Why the hell can’t I use the 1 and 3 buttons to rotate images left and right in the gallery? Why??? It exists on all S60 3rd edition devices!"
My N73-ME doesnt do that either! i tried it just now! May be no N series does that? As you already get the pic rotated with N series gallery app.
-Chirantan
Chirantan
· 1 year ago
Oops, Sorry Dotsisx, i said Ricky by mistake in my above reply!
-Chirantan
Dotsisx
· 1 year ago
Ah well I don't know about that! I am used to this feature so I don't know. Should test it out on my friends' N76, N73 and 6120 to see if it's still there. Will get back with the result.
PlayerKill
· 1 year ago
Dotsisx, I didn't have the rotate photo feature in my N73 either, nor do I have it on my N82.
deadlock32
· 1 year ago
heh, my friend has a laptop screen with a resolution of: 1920x1200
^_^
so this is your first time playing with a n95 for an extended amount of time? Because the non 8gb version also have the movie editors.
As far a screen rotation, i wish it did rotate to all angles because for games I am used to my left thumb use the D-Pad. Actually is brings up the point that the buttons that come out when you slide it down should be input buttons for games that could also be used to control music... it would make it a better gaming device that the E90 which was polled to be the device people wanted to use for the new ngage.
Also using it upside down would allow me to read comics and books with a much better grip and more comfortable position in my hand than right side up horizontal.
when working on ideas and such, developers should not try to restrict things like the available view modes because you add more freedom and choices to the people using it, especially for things that they don't originally consider.
^_^
Mr-G
· 1 year ago
Deadlock, I don't think it's Samir's fault.
The N82, which has accelorometer rotation built-in can also only rotate one way, so I think this must be some sort of constriction in the firmware or seomething???
Viipottaja
· 1 year ago
Nokia did not hide the accelorometer. It was used to orient pictures correctly automatically.
Alan
· 1 year ago
Dotsisx: Kudos for adopting the W-O-M approach for your review. This first report is nicely thought out and well written. Looking forward to your future installments. Alan
Dotsisx
· 1 year ago
I agree Mr-G. I think that if Samir wanted to implement the rotation the other way, he would have to remap all joystick buttons and softbuttons (and the menu next to the above button). This is a restriction made by the device itself and not the developer.
Viipottaja, I know the accelerometer wasn't actually "hidden", but it wasn't available to developers to make use of it.
deadlock32
· 1 year ago
i never meant it was samir... im talking about nokia... too.
emulators and such can get their content to rotate any way the please, but nokia seems to be the one that may have limited the rotation element since they are the only ones with access to change the OS engine... when they should have allowed any rotation available even if they didn't have a use for it it, im sure they never foresaw 75% of the apps people have made for their OS... you did the work to get it to rotate in one direction, surely it couldn't be too much more trouble to get it to work in any direction ^_^
Dotsisx
· 3 months ago
Ah well I don't know about that! I am used to this feature so I don't know. Should test it out on my friends' N76, N73 and 6120 to see if it's still there. Will get back with the result.
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but my only question is about
"Why the hell can’t I use the 1 and 3 buttons to rotate images left and right in the gallery? Why??? It exists on all S60 3rd edition devices!"
My N73-ME doesnt do that either! i tried it just now! May be no N series does that? As you already get the pic rotated with N series gallery app.
-Chirantan
-Chirantan
^_^
so this is your first time playing with a n95 for an extended amount of time? Because the non 8gb version also have the movie editors.
As far a screen rotation, i wish it did rotate to all angles because for games I am used to my left thumb use the D-Pad. Actually is brings up the point that the buttons that come out when you slide it down should be input buttons for games that could also be used to control music... it would make it a better gaming device that the E90 which was polled to be the device people wanted to use for the new ngage.
Also using it upside down would allow me to read comics and books with a much better grip and more comfortable position in my hand than right side up horizontal.
when working on ideas and such, developers should not try to restrict things like the available view modes because you add more freedom and choices to the people using it, especially for things that they don't originally consider.
^_^
The N82, which has accelorometer rotation built-in can also only rotate one way, so I think this must be some sort of constriction in the firmware or seomething???
Kudos for adopting the W-O-M approach for your review.
This first report is nicely thought out and well written.
Looking forward to your future installments.
Alan
Viipottaja, I know the accelerometer wasn't actually "hidden", but it wasn't available to developers to make use of it.
emulators and such can get their content to rotate any way the please, but nokia seems to be the one that may have limited the rotation element since they are the only ones with access to change the OS engine... when they should have allowed any rotation available even if they didn't have a use for it it, im sure they never foresaw 75% of the apps people have made for their OS... you did the work to get it to rotate in one direction, surely it couldn't be too much more trouble to get it to work in any direction ^_^