Maddy 🏳️⚧️ - ADHD-powered 
Touchscreen keyboards in place of physical keyboards were a mistake.
I mean, sure, you could carry around a bluetooth keyboard with you that would work on damn near anything, but we already had it good over a decade ago.
Concept - Phone screens and their aspect ratios don't need to match what's used in popular media, especially if it accommodates something as useful as a physical keyboard.
But also, the UI needs to not be crowded as fuck
We had a decent compromise with the BlackBerry Passport, but BBOS was already on its way out. The keyboard doubling as touch-sensitive so it could be used as a cursor was pretty cool, though!
But also, the UI needs to not be crowded as fuck
We had a decent compromise with the BlackBerry Passport, but BBOS was already on its way out. The keyboard doubling as touch-sensitive so it could be used as a cursor was pretty cool, though!
Pete / Syllopsium@maddy They do, they really really do.
There are currently at least two non portrait keyboard phones in existence, and a third one on its way. I've had more than one recent non portrait keyboard phone.
It's a huge pain. Android design guidelines say applications need to cater for different aspect ratios. The reality is it doesn't work. Too many applications are designed to expect a portrait orientation, and the 'mini mode' to squeeze portrait into a non portrait phone for misbehaving apps never entirely works either.
Tried it for years, gave up. Now on a Pixel 9 with a Clicks keyboard case which isn't ideal, but I have zero display and compatibility issues.