Comments on: Apple adds screen orientation lock to iPad http://www.loopinsight.com/2010/03/12/apple-adds-screen-orientation-lock-to-ipad/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=apple-adds-screen-orientation-lock-to-ipad Making Sense of Technology Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:15:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jim Dalrymple http://www.loopinsight.com/2010/03/12/apple-adds-screen-orientation-lock-to-ipad/#comment-18818 Jim Dalrymple Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:44:14 +0000 http://www.loopinsight.com/?p=4072#comment-18818 Yes it should. Fixed. Yes it should. Fixed.

]]> By: Patrick http://www.loopinsight.com/2010/03/12/apple-adds-screen-orientation-lock-to-ipad/#comment-18816 Patrick Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:39:04 +0000 http://www.loopinsight.com/?p=4072#comment-18816 "lock the devices orientation" should be: "lock the device's orientation'. "lock the devices orientation" should be:
"lock the device's orientation'.

]]> By: zy878264 http://www.loopinsight.com/2010/03/12/apple-adds-screen-orientation-lock-to-ipad/#comment-18810 zy878264 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:48:32 +0000 http://www.loopinsight.com/?p=4072#comment-18810 The company do a good job,I'm waiting for the new one The company do a good job,I'm waiting for the new one

]]> By: Fingertapper http://www.loopinsight.com/2010/03/12/apple-adds-screen-orientation-lock-to-ipad/#comment-18761 Fingertapper Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:02:52 +0000 http://www.loopinsight.com/?p=4072#comment-18761 It should be 15 thumb taps, 4 finger drag from top right to bottom left with a half twist knuckle punch finger flick ring finger tap repeated thumb tap Buddhist Palm fakie. That being used only to turn on the rotation. It should be 15 thumb taps, 4 finger drag from top right to bottom left with a half twist knuckle punch finger flick ring finger tap repeated thumb tap Buddhist Palm fakie. That being used only to turn on the rotation.

]]> By: Frank Piccolo http://www.loopinsight.com/2010/03/12/apple-adds-screen-orientation-lock-to-ipad/#comment-18757 Frank Piccolo Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:44:52 +0000 http://www.loopinsight.com/?p=4072#comment-18757 Now we await the Choir of the Perpetual Lamentata to bemoan the lack of the mute button ;) Good on Apple to make the switch (pardon the pun) as it made no sense to not have a lock if this thing will be used as an eReader. Now we await the Choir of the Perpetual Lamentata to bemoan the lack of the mute button ;)
Good on Apple to make the switch (pardon the pun) as it made no sense to not have a lock if this thing will be used as an eReader.

]]> By: Adam http://www.loopinsight.com/2010/03/12/apple-adds-screen-orientation-lock-to-ipad/#comment-18750 Adam Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:01:25 +0000 http://www.loopinsight.com/?p=4072#comment-18750 This is not a new switch. They just took the existing silence switch and repurposed it. This is not a new switch. They just took the existing silence switch and repurposed it.

]]> By: @DeltaTee http://www.loopinsight.com/2010/03/12/apple-adds-screen-orientation-lock-to-ipad/#comment-18748 @DeltaTee Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:48:45 +0000 http://www.loopinsight.com/?p=4072#comment-18748 I'm glad to see that someone *finally* has some sense in UI design. I'm glad to see that someone *finally* has some sense in UI design.

]]> By: @tewha http://www.loopinsight.com/2010/03/12/apple-adds-screen-orientation-lock-to-ipad/#comment-18745 @tewha Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:35:48 +0000 http://www.loopinsight.com/?p=4072#comment-18745 Good eyes, Jim. Good eyes, Jim.

]]> By: @tewha http://www.loopinsight.com/2010/03/12/apple-adds-screen-orientation-lock-to-ipad/#comment-18746 @tewha Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:35:26 +0000 http://www.loopinsight.com/?p=4072#comment-18746 All of those sound *so* much more intuitive and obvious than pushing a button. I hope you're being sarcastic, because if you're not, you're clearly insane. Something should not be done in a particular way because it *can* be done that way, but because it's the best way to do it. Like the physical silence switch on an iPhone, a screen orientation switch beats the heck out of a setting or (worse) an obscure shortcut. All of those sound *so* much more intuitive and obvious than pushing a button.

I hope you're being sarcastic, because if you're not, you're clearly insane. Something should not be done in a particular way because it *can* be done that way, but because it's the best way to do it. Like the physical silence switch on an iPhone, a screen orientation switch beats the heck out of a setting or (worse) an obscure shortcut.

]]> By: Darren http://www.loopinsight.com/2010/03/12/apple-adds-screen-orientation-lock-to-ipad/#comment-18743 Darren Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:32:06 +0000 http://www.loopinsight.com/?p=4072#comment-18743 That switch was always there. I think most people just assumed that is was a mute switch, like on the iPhone. That switch was always there. I think most people just assumed that is was a mute switch, like on the iPhone.

]]> By: Greg Maletic http://www.loopinsight.com/2010/03/12/apple-adds-screen-orientation-lock-to-ipad/#comment-18742 Greg Maletic Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:10:27 +0000 http://www.loopinsight.com/?p=4072#comment-18742 @iPadinski: Unless you want the "lock orientation" onscreen button to be onscreen -all the time-, taking up screen real estate, the only alternative is to bury it in a menu somewhere. Which means you'd have to tap 5 times to lock the screen. Considering you're probably lying horizontally in bed when you want to do this, that doesn't sound like a lot of fun. Hardware switch is the way to go. @iPadinski: Unless you want the "lock orientation" onscreen button to be onscreen -all the time-, taking up screen real estate, the only alternative is to bury it in a menu somewhere. Which means you'd have to tap 5 times to lock the screen. Considering you're probably lying horizontally in bed when you want to do this, that doesn't sound like a lot of fun.

Hardware switch is the way to go.

]]> By: iPadWanna http://www.loopinsight.com/2010/03/12/apple-adds-screen-orientation-lock-to-ipad/#comment-18740 iPadWanna Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:08:49 +0000 http://www.loopinsight.com/?p=4072#comment-18740 Right on Ipadinski... love the Nokia tweak :-) Right on Ipadinski… love the Nokia tweak :-)

]]> By: Ipadinski http://www.loopinsight.com/2010/03/12/apple-adds-screen-orientation-lock-to-ipad/#comment-18724 Ipadinski Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:02:31 +0000 http://www.loopinsight.com/?p=4072#comment-18724 who approved adding a physical button to do one simple task, on a ten inch "MULTITOUCH" device? someone is reallllllly missing the point of a multitouch device here... did nokia help design that, as far as I am concerned on a 10" screen, there really should be no physical buttons at all, just program it into the UI!!! triple thumb tap on top left corner, or 4 finger triple tap, 3 finger triple tap zooms, are we that lazy to do a 4 finger triple tap to stop screen rotation? who approved adding a physical button to do one simple task, on a ten inch "MULTITOUCH" device? someone is reallllllly missing the point of a multitouch device here… did nokia help design that, as far as I am concerned on a 10" screen, there really should be no physical buttons at all, just program it into the UI!!! triple thumb tap on top left corner, or 4 finger triple tap, 3 finger triple tap zooms, are we that lazy to do a 4 finger triple tap to stop screen rotation?

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