gandoe
03-29-2005, 02:21 PM
So far, I'm loving my T3!!!!
But, I'm curious - when I have my T3 in the "Open" position (slider extended) and then I use the screen rotation to view the screen in landscape...only a few apps can deal with that.
For example, both DateBook5 and shadowPlan work just as expected, either with the slider open or closed, or in portrait or landscape mode...they both expand to fit the usable screen.
However, NotePad - a Palm application, no less - doesn't work as well. In the closed position, I can use NotePad just fine in either portrait or landscape. Extend the slider, and it still works fine. However, with the slider extended, and then rotated into landscape mode...the Grafitti screen area pops up on the right side of the screen, effectively limited the width of the usable screen area in Notepad. I lose the ability to draw on a landscape screen in NotePad!
I've noticed similar but even more limiting behavior in the PalmOS version of Inspiration (a concept mapping / outliner). Works fine in closed mode, both in portrait or landscape. But when I expand the slide, the screen stays at a fixed size and the Grafitti area pops up, either along the bottom (in portrait) or right (in landscape)
You'd think, ESPECIALLY for apps designed to mimic whiteboards or notepads, the apps would try to give you as much screen area as possible! Hmmpph.
Is this just a limitation of the software (i.e., having a fixed screen width)? Is there some additional setting or application I need to load?
TIA
Ed
But, I'm curious - when I have my T3 in the "Open" position (slider extended) and then I use the screen rotation to view the screen in landscape...only a few apps can deal with that.
For example, both DateBook5 and shadowPlan work just as expected, either with the slider open or closed, or in portrait or landscape mode...they both expand to fit the usable screen.
However, NotePad - a Palm application, no less - doesn't work as well. In the closed position, I can use NotePad just fine in either portrait or landscape. Extend the slider, and it still works fine. However, with the slider extended, and then rotated into landscape mode...the Grafitti screen area pops up on the right side of the screen, effectively limited the width of the usable screen area in Notepad. I lose the ability to draw on a landscape screen in NotePad!
I've noticed similar but even more limiting behavior in the PalmOS version of Inspiration (a concept mapping / outliner). Works fine in closed mode, both in portrait or landscape. But when I expand the slide, the screen stays at a fixed size and the Grafitti area pops up, either along the bottom (in portrait) or right (in landscape)
You'd think, ESPECIALLY for apps designed to mimic whiteboards or notepads, the apps would try to give you as much screen area as possible! Hmmpph.
Is this just a limitation of the software (i.e., having a fixed screen width)? Is there some additional setting or application I need to load?
TIA
Ed