"Patrick Nichols" (pnichols)
08/18/2015 at 09:38 • Filed to: VVS, GPS, Oppopinions
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"Patrick Nichols" (pnichols)
08/18/2015 at 09:38 • Filed to: VVS, GPS, Oppopinions | 1
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Obviously VVS is the most curable disease in the world now that Polio has been eradicated, but !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! got me thinking about the orientation of our phone for GPS purposes.
Does oppo prefer portrait or landscape for displaying the GPS?
Personally I feel like vertical gives me more of a view ahead. It used to not matter but since I updated to ios 8 I lost app compatibility with my App Radio 3.
spanfucker retire bitch
> Patrick Nichols
08/18/2015 at 09:41 |
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Always landscape.
450X_FTW
> Patrick Nichols
08/18/2015 at 09:42 |
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Lanscape.
As far as video goes, why has no one invented a camera phone (or maybe they have, just guessing they have not) that by default always films in landscape mode no matter the camera orientation?
Osiris - I can haz Euro spec?
> Patrick Nichols
08/18/2015 at 09:45 |
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When I use Waze, I always go horizontal. I don't know why but I prefer it that way.
McMike
> Patrick Nichols
08/18/2015 at 09:46 |
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I use my phone in portrait mode for navigation. I’m not traveling sideways.
Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
> McMike
08/18/2015 at 09:49 |
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Why not?
Margin Of Error
> Patrick Nichols
08/18/2015 at 09:54 |
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I do everything in portrait
HammerheadFistpunch
> Patrick Nichols
08/18/2015 at 09:55 |
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My gps is vertical, but it’s all business.
Ash78, voting early and often
> Patrick Nichols
08/18/2015 at 09:56 |
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Portrait — it fits better on the driver’s window (which is where I keep it. Try it some time. Just don’t forget to remove it before you roll down the window. So much better than the windshield or center dash)
But it really depends on your map orientation. If you like to set it in “follow the car” mode, portrait is far superior. But if you’re more of a traditional “North is North” guy like me, it could go either way.
I think the edge goes to portrait across all scenarios, at least for sub-5” phones. A bigger screen opens more possibilities.
PatBateman
> Patrick Nichols
08/18/2015 at 10:02 |
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I could honestly give a shit.
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Patrick Nichols
> 450X_FTW
08/18/2015 at 10:03 |
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so much this. like I have the option to take pictures in panoramic or square, but I can’t just take video in landscape while holding my phone vertically?
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Patrick Nichols
> Margin Of Error
08/18/2015 at 10:03 |
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thats a bold strategy cotton
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Patrick Nichols
> McMike
08/18/2015 at 10:05 |
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that opens up the discussion for a left to right video game style gps system... there’s money to be had in millennials nostalgia
ShiroZ31
> Patrick Nichols
08/18/2015 at 10:05 |
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Portrait, otherwise my screen is too dim to read whilst I have my sunglasses on.
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Patrick Nichols
> ShiroZ31
08/18/2015 at 10:06 |
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oh the perils of polarized sun glasses in today’s world...
deekster_caddy
> Patrick Nichols
08/18/2015 at 10:09 |
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I leave mine vertical, because there are a lot of audio apps that don’t work horizontal so I keep my mount setup for vertical. I do occasionally use horizontal on a long trip, and I like it better that way.
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deekster_caddy
> Patrick Nichols
08/18/2015 at 10:11 |
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It’s actually a pretty big deal - even OEM radio displays can disappear from the polarization!
MotoMitten
> Patrick Nichols
08/18/2015 at 10:11 |
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I use it vertically but that choice is guided by the tiny space I put it in next to the A pillar.
MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
> Patrick Nichols
08/18/2015 at 10:13 |
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The most important thing in map/gps usage isn’t the direction of the screen, but the direction of NORTH.
Big battle in our household, my wife turns the map to the direction she’s going. I want it LOCKED IN so North is always up. That way you always know which direction you’re looking or moving.
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Ash78, voting early and often
> 450X_FTW
08/18/2015 at 10:23 |
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If I’m filming something vertical, like a rock climber or rocket launch, I could see wanting to intentionally film vertically. My question is why YouTube and Vimeo haven’t devised a non-letterboxed way to show those videos.
Everyone wins? The whole concept of aspect ratio (4:3 or 16:9 etc) is based on TV and cinema, and loosely based on the field of human vision, but there are plenty of cases where I’d like vertical.
But yeah, most people still screw it up. 99% of videos should be landscape.
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Patrick Nichols
> deekster_caddy
08/18/2015 at 10:28 |
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I hope there comes a day when I can get out of a speeding ticket because I couldn’t see my dash because I need my polarized sunglasses. Like seriously I can’t stand non-polarized.
505 - morphine not found
> Patrick Nichols
08/18/2015 at 10:31 |
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you know, now that I have a phone with a big enough screen, I realize portrait video isn’t bad, it just needs viewing on a phone.
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Patrick Nichols
> deekster_caddy
08/18/2015 at 10:31 |
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See I never thought of that as I can use the ipod app and pandora right on the head unit I just lost the gps ability
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Patrick Nichols
> 505 - morphine not found
08/18/2015 at 10:32 |
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I still find portrait better on my iphone 6 and I don’t want my phone getting bigger
AntiSpeed
> Patrick Nichols
08/18/2015 at 10:37 |
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I don’t think it matters, since Google Maps’s default zoom is *way* too close, and it doesn’t let me zoom out.
If I’m going to be on the same stretch of road for 20 miles, it doesn’t do me any good to only see the half mile ahead and behind.
LongbowMkII
> PatBateman
08/18/2015 at 10:40 |
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If you give a shit, which side would you do that on?
Funktheduck
> Patrick Nichols
08/18/2015 at 10:54 |
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My gf does nearly everything camera related vertically and it drives me nuts.
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deekster_caddy
> Patrick Nichols
08/18/2015 at 10:59 |
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Yeah I don’t like the USB direct interface at all, so I use bluetooth audio and control it myself. Mylink sucks! It spends hours indexing my phone (not necessary, the phone has already indexed itself thank you), and starts playing my music in some randomly chosen alphabetical order, and ignores the last audio app I had been using (Downcast), and when Waze has an audio instruction it’s an “incoming call”... duh?! So I won’t plug into the USB port anymore. I have my own USB charger (that’s higher amperage anyway, 2.1 vs 0.5) and stick to bluetooth audio. In my old car I use a cassette adapter to the headphone jack and a bluetooth earpiece.
Hermann
> Patrick Nichols
08/18/2015 at 11:16 |
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For city driving I prefer Portrait, because I can see better what’s up ahead. But when I’m traveling, I like to use Horizontal because it feels better.
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Patrick Nichols
> Hermann
08/18/2015 at 11:19 |
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I find myself doing the exact same thing. I think horizontal on the highway feels better because it likely takes up less of your field of vision
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PatBateman
> LongbowMkII
08/18/2015 at 11:30 |
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I said I COULD give a shit, not that I WOULD give a shit.
Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz)
> Patrick Nichols
08/18/2015 at 12:06 |
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I don’t really have an option...
Sarcasm aside...If I’m walking around using Maps on my phone, I go vertical because that’s just how I pull it out of my pocket. Hadn’t put much thought into it but I suppose it does also give me a better view of what’s ahead versus horizontal.
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Patrick Nichols
> Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz)
08/18/2015 at 12:20 |
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you always have a choice...