Anyone actually prefer portrait over landscape? - Nexus 10 General

I know the 'intended' way of holding the device is primarily in landscape, but more often than not, I find myself holding the device tallways, in portrait. It's great for browsing and upscaled apps actually feel quite good. Anyone else on the same boat?
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I find myself using portrait about the same amount as landscape.

On my Nexus 7, I liked Portrait more then Landscape for non-gaming related matters. Not quite so on my Nexus 10 though... the extra weight isn't too nice, and it even seems to slide in my hands a bit.

I would prefer the buttons to stay where they are in portrait mode permanently, as that's what I'm used to on my s2
I've only had it a few hours and landscape seems to be winning out atm

I use portrait for Web pages, and magazines and documents and most apps
Landscape for games and videos
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Landscape everything here, portrait just feels to cramped to me

drcujo said:
I find myself using portrait about the same amount as landscape.
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Agreed!

Does it feel too heavy and uncomfortable in portrait?

For me, portrait mode feels better for internet browsing, magazine reading and news reading than landscape. You just see more browsing in portrait than in landscape (although it is typically smaller).

I use portrait sometimes when browsing the web. Some websites just don't work properly in landscape (scale to fit width and I can't zoom out)

Pretty mixed varying on site or app that I'm using. I prefer typing in portrait.

I use landscape exclusively unless I'm browsing the web, in which case I feel like portrait definitely allows me to see more of the websites I'm on. Also when I'm reading in the kindle app I'll go portrait.
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Landscape everything except ebooks and magazines for me. Web browsing is a zillion times better in landscape IMO.

I use mine in potrait 99% of the time. I find that with the high resolution, potrait works better and allows me to see more of the web page, and I surf / read 99% of the time.
Landscape just seem too cramp these days.

Sensamic said:
Does it feel too heavy and uncomfortable in portrait?
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Not if you're holding it right

Nexus 7 is better in portrait unless your gaming... Nexus 10 isn't too comfortable in portrait for me.

Always landscape but I read comics in portrait mode.

I like it but the volume buttons are backwards when you're in portrait.
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90% of my use is in portrait as a browser, email, google voice ect. 10% is landscape for youtube or games.
PS. I <3 my N10.

I like portrait mode for websites but when I scroll really fast there's a wave effect. Because of this i view almost everything in landscape. Is it just me or do you guys and gal see that too?
Go to a website in portrait and use your thumb to scroll up and down in the same spot really quick. Do you see it? The slight wave effect?
Edit: found info on this effect.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1999152
After doing a quick google, it seems common with higher resolution displays. I wonder if the GPU could be tweaked to fix this....

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[Q] Force counter-clockwise landscape mode on app

I run dailyroads voyager as dashcam. My sgs2 is seated in the carholder in the left corner of the front window, allowing the cables to be neatly stuffed away behind my doorrubbers.
But: this means I can only rotate the phone counter-clockwise. This is not supported by dailyroads voyager (or any other dashcam-app). They'll just display clockwise landscape, rendering the buttons etcetera upsidedown...
Is there any way to force counter clockwise? I read about it being implemented in some custom rom for another phone...
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Anybody knows how to force counter-clockwise landscape?
I do hope someone replies here because I'd like the same thing. When I play games or hold the phone in landscape, my fingers usually end up covering the speaker. Forcing a counter-clockwise landscape orientation would be great. To the OP, I've looked around myself and haven't found anything.
demondor said:
I do hope someone replies here because I'd like the same thing. When I play games or hold the phone in landscape, my fingers usually end up covering the speaker. Forcing a counter-clockwise landscape orientation would be great. To the OP, I've looked around myself and haven't found anything.
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Found it mentioned in Cyanogenmod... It is on it's way for the SGS2, so maybe if we wait just a little bit longer we can finally rotate counterclockwise (or left landscape versus right landscape, or 270 degrees, or whatever people call it).
Just can't be that hard, now can I it? Really no-one with an easy solution here?
Actually I would like to have 90 degrees landscape, I have by default 270 degrees rotation. This is annoyng because when I play games light sensor is in bottom left corrner. I put my finger over the light sensor and screen goes dark becasue my phone thinks that it is in the dark area. I don't know if I remember correctly but in the first run wizard it was set up. But I don't know where to change it now.
That's exactly what we want too... You're talking about the same
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Comic-reading apps fullscreen issue (Comicrack, PV etc.)

Has anyone found an app or method to stretch the comic page to completely fit the screen? When I choose "fit to screen" it has large black spaces on either side. I am looking for a way to utilize all my screen space without it shrinking the comic down to the size of say, the Nook Tablet. I guess the image would have to be stretched somewhat. Anyone know what i'm talking about ?
I haven't tried on the Touchpad yet, but on my Nook I would always use the "fit to width" option, then there is just some vertical scrolling needed. Of course, that has a smaller screen too so I would need to read in landscape mode and scroll for each row of panels. It still worked pretty well though.
I bought my touchpad just to read comics on. If your describing what I think you are, its because most comics are not the exact size of the screen so when your in portrait mode there's about a half inch of blank space so its just black. If you stretched the comic it would probably look weird.
SithL0rd said:
I bought my touchpad just to read comics on. If your describing what I think you are, its because most comics are not the exact size of the screen so when your in portrait mode there's about a half inch of blank space so its just black. If you stretched the comic it would probably look weird.
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That was one of my reasons for buying a TP too.
On PV for example, when you choose "actual size" it spreads past the left/right borders I would just love it to stay when it hits them so I can utilize all my screen space and not have to scroll. It would be stretching the image I guess but it doesn't look weird because I can do it if I zoom manually, but I have to do so for every page, thus, scrolling. I am not sure if there are other issues such as resolution complicating the problem. It's like the cropping issue on wallpapers - I just don't have the knowledge to identify what the problem is exactly. The correct borders aren't being detected. It seems to happen on every app. The "fit to screen" function thinks the black space is part of the comic.
It's not a huge deal I would just love to find a method to stretch the image to fit perfectly. Would gladly pay for it.
I use comic rack and when it's in landscape mode and I put it on single page, the page fits automatically width wise, doesn't go past. I just scroll up and down, don't need to go left/right to see cut off images. It's that what you're trying to achieve? Same thing goes with PV for me. Width wise the page fits
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Perfect viewer works very well for me for all of the comics I've read. I fit to width and just have to touch to scroll once to get the last inch or so and then to turn the page. Works great with the TP as there seems to be minimal distortion of the panels with its aspect ratio.
Yes that is what I am using (fit to width). It is almost perfect but yeah, you gotta tap the page to get the extra height.
I am guessing this is some technical problem, as I have yet to see any reading app that can fill the page on both the width and height exactly. Yet, when I read PDF magazines on Perfect Viewer, it squeezes the image into the screen and I can read it easily.
Maybe it's the comic resolution or something (though I have tested multiple).
I don't see it not fitting vertically an issue. If everything did fit on the page sometimes the words would be too small to read. I use the TP in landscape mode all the time, I like viewing pages that way better.
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YiNG_YaNG_6o4 said:
I don't see it not fitting vertically an issue. If everything did fit on the page sometimes the words would be too small to read. I use the TP in landscape mode all the time, I like viewing pages that way better.
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Most of this was I answered above, recently referencing how PV delas with PDF's, squeezing it onto the screen.
Can't fathom reading comics in landscape mode as this would make them even bigger than most physical comics, and only allow you like 1 strip per read.

Tilted videos and photos

Hi,
all the photos and videos i take in portrait orientation are showing fine on the S3, but are tilted on my laptop regardless which program i use.
Thats annoying, my previous iphone and One X didn´t do that?
What can i do?
thx, nearly
Am I the only one?
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I just found out, that the photos do alright if you use the normal 8mp setting. I had mine set to 16:9 and then rotation doesn't work on the PC.
For video, it just doesn't work. I just wonder what that greed out flipped-setting is supposed for.?
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I also have this problem, I'm pretty sure we all do.
Btw, in my case photos taken with 8MP portrait were also rotated on the PC. Pictures can be easily rotated back on windows, so it's not an issue. Videos are the real problem.
The reason, as far as I know, is poor handling of Samsung with portrait videos/pictures. Apparently, the S3 adds a metadata header of 90 degrees rotation, instead of really rotating the picture/video. Most video players on PC aren't aware of this header, hence the video is shown rotated.
I don't think Samsung will fix this, so there are two ways to workaround it:
1. Shoot video in landscape mode
2. Use an application to rotate the Video, then send it.
Is it gone with the recent Ota?
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[Q] Landscape photos in portrait mode (vertical) on S3? Possible but never solve.

I can't find a reason about why this can't be possible. I want to know if there's a way to take landscape photos in portrait mode (holding the device vertical) on S3.
I was testing this program "Shot Control" it gives you some controllers in the screen, you have half of the screen to see the photo preview, considering the size of the S3 screen it was not a bad layout, but I'll love to have the same possibility holding the device in portrait (vertically) having the preview on top, controls down and taking pictures in landscape.
Is there a program to allow this?
I search over and I saw some solutions for iphone but pretty much nothing for us, here's a related topic:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=849118
Anyone?

Facebook issue on M5 Pro 10. 8"

There are some issue with Facebook when using in landscape mode for M5 pro.
Example
Pic1 : Comments are not shown when using in landscape mode.
Pic2 : Tap on the post and there are 40 comments
Pic3 : Rotate to portrait and is shows those comments (the orientation looks weird)
Pic4 : Rotate back to landscape and finally shows those comments
Means I need to rotate to portrait once for every post when I need to read the comments or use the tab in portrait when use FB which is not M5 pro design.
ronald_loulan said:
There are some issue with Facebook when using in landscape mode for M5 pro.
Example
Pic1 : Comments are not shown when using in landscape mode.
Pic2 : Tap on the post and there are 40 comments
Pic3 : Rotate to portrait and is shows those comments (the orientation looks weird)
Pic4 : Rotate back to landscape and finally shows those comments
Means I need to rotate to portrait once for every post when I need to read the comments or use the tab in portrait when use FB which is not M5 pro design.
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I noticed this problem with the 8.4 version too. I suspect it could be due to the fact that the tablet is confused to if it is a phone or a tablet. The workaround is go to Settings and play around with View Mode until it displays in a way that you are happy with.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mediapad-m5/help/mediapad-m5-8-4-tablet-oversized-t3820133
It could also be the QHD screen that is causing problem with the way that FB app draws elements in the wrong size. However I do not have this problem with my Axon 7 phone which also is a QHD screen.
alvinlwh said:
However I do not have this problem with my Axon 7 phone which also is a QHD screen.
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Android layouts can work on the basis of DPI, so resolution AND aspect ratio come into play - not just resolution. Does your Axon 7 have the same 16:9 (or is it 16:10?) ratio as the M5, in landscape mode?
mroshaw said:
Android layouts can work on the basis of DPI, so resolution AND aspect ratio come into play - not just resolution. Does your Axon 7 have the same 16:9 (or is it 16:10?) ratio as the M5, in landscape mode?
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Good point.
However the problem by OP is more towards incorrect rendering of the elements in the app, the main news feed on the left is too narrow while suggested friends on the right is too wide. I am not saying it is totally the fault of the tablet, it could be the fault of the app. However it cannot be discounted that the tablet itself is confused if it is a phone or not, which may not may not lead to problems in the app as well.
alvinlwh said:
Good point.
However the problem by OP is more towards incorrect rendering of the elements in the app, the main news feed on the left is too narrow while suggested friends on the right is too wide. I am not saying it is totally the fault of the tablet, it could be the fault of the app. However it cannot be discounted that the tablet itself is confused if it is a phone or not, which may not may not lead to problems in the app as well.
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True, maybe its will identified itself as a trans later... :laugh:
I have the same issue. I always have it with facebbok.
Other apps start just in landscape other shows even funny behavoiur. If you have time install the app Androidiani (the app of one Italian Android forum/blog) : i never see something worst.
The same apps work perfectly in all my other devices
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Same problem in Huawei Mediapad M5 Lite 10
I have exactly the same issue in my Huawei Mediapad M5 Lite 10, it´s very annoying
ronald_loulan said:
There are some issue with Facebook when using in landscape mode for M5 pro.
Example
Pic1 : Comments are not shown when using in landscape mode.
Pic2 : Tap on the post and there are 40 comments
Pic3 : Rotate to portrait and is shows those comments (the orientation looks weird)
Pic4 : Rotate back to landscape and finally shows those comments
Means I need to rotate to portrait once for every post when I need to read the comments or use the tab in portrait when use FB which is not M5 pro design.
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I believe every tablet have ui problems for FB apps especially the landscape mode and fb doesn't seem to care.
In addition, the PAGE page cannot be viewed in landscape orientation but it would forced rotated to portrait
Complain to fb and hope that they will fix it.
But I don't think they ever will..

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