I really hope that not just Wallpaper designers will learn how to deal with and respect the iPad’s orientation agnosticism. Popular Mechanics’ app does quite well in that respect, they layout the whole thing with the 768x768 pixel safe zone in the middle in mind. Crazy mode changes (like in the Times app) are just jarring if you want a smooth reading experience.
It’s not even something that would be a strange concept for good old print dudes: they call it bleed (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleed_(printing)). Sure, it’s not the same on the iPad, sometimes it is a good idea to fit in extra stuff with split views – but as far as I can tell there are no crazy mode changes (ála Coverflow on the iPhone) when the orientation changes in any of the native apps. And that’s a good thing.
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[ 4.9 ms ] story [ 14.6 ms ] threadIt’s not even something that would be a strange concept for good old print dudes: they call it bleed (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleed_(printing)). Sure, it’s not the same on the iPad, sometimes it is a good idea to fit in extra stuff with split views – but as far as I can tell there are no crazy mode changes (ála Coverflow on the iPhone) when the orientation changes in any of the native apps. And that’s a good thing.