Landscape Start screen

[lovenokia]

I am wondering if any developer would like to make a landscape start screen. What this means is I can turn my phone to landscape mode and the start screen changes to landscape. I think that would be a cool feature if possible this could be implemented in some way.

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[drupad2drupad]

I am wondering if any developer would like to make a landscape start screen. What this means is I can turn my phone to landscape mode and the start screen changes to landscape. I think that would be a cool feature if possible this could be implemented in some way.

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If you mean home page = the home screen then answer would be probably no because the api won't allow you. I could happily be wrong!

 

[Alcoholic]

Not possible. Even phones with slide keyboard don't have this

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[lovenokia]

If you mean home page = the home screen then answer would be probably no because the api won't allow you. I could happily be wrong!

maybe with a custom rom or skin?

 

[truffle1234]

maybe with a custom rom or skin?

it will be like 2 tiles and lots of empty space on the right side of your screen...

why would u want that??

 

[RoboDad]

Huh?

I think what the OP is asking for would look something like this (very quick) mock-up:

Of course it will never happen, but it would be very nice if it did.

 

[lovenokia]

yah that is what i am looking for. This couldnt be possible even with a special skin or custom rom. Android people have some pretty radical customs roms(i know it is open source) just wondering why that couldnt be done with windows phone.

 

[sayonical]

yah that is what i am looking for. This couldnt be possible even with a special skin or custom rom. Android people have some pretty radical customs roms(i know it is open source) just wondering why that couldnt be done with windows phone.

Well for one, performance reasons. I remember when I had the Android G1 switching between landscape and portrait lagged as I had to wait for the system to be responsive again after opening the keyboard on the homescreen.

Most windows phones are candybars. Only 2 generation 1 models have slide out keyboards

The OS is designed primarily around portrait use. If you were to make the homescreen landscape it would present some design inconsistencies.

It is not necessary. Using the homescreen in landscape mode provides no tangible benefit over portrait mode and could be annoying when lying in bed etc.

 

[lovenokia]

well see when i am using my phone in landscape mode, it gets annoying for the screen to go back to portrait so this is why i am wondering if this is possible. There are some phone that can go into portrat mode and dont have a qwerty(non windows phones)

 

[SimzzDev]

The quick mock-up looks like Windows 8.

 

[lovenokia]

yah it looks good but i dont know if it will happen

 

[balcsida]

Nice mockup!

 

[noelito]

I too am pining for lanscape start, hubs, index search

is there a registry edit maybe in order to add this functionality when I dock my Titan?

I have been using the dock for my Titan a lot lately and wish the start screen would rotate to landscape when I dock or the tiles themselves could simply stay in portrait just rotate accordingly when I dock because the screen is now a landscape position sure there will be a huge black bar off to the right but that's fine and for the hubs and index search too.

there has be some type of edit to change the system into rotating start screen?

 

[neoriix]

Sorry but I think that is impossible, Windows Phone 7 is really closed about the homescreen and mofidications

 

[malsehn]

maybe the app "htc dock mode" could be something for you

 

[lovenokia]

Maybe in windows phone it a landscape start screen could come alive

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