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Re: Restricting mobile signon to portrait mode

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From: deborah.kaplan
Date: Nov 5, 2014 9:35AM

Other mobility impairment issue, as well as low vision issue: keyboards are larger in portrait, so any place where an individual needs to type and has limited ability to hit the right keys on a small keyboard, or any place where an individual needs to have the individual keys on the keyboard larger so that they can be seen, is worse in portrait.

Deborah Kaplan

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> Are there Accessibility implications for a sign on screen on a smartphone being restricted to a portrait layout, where the interface would not re-orient when the device moves to a landscape orientation?
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> This is for a very simple, bold colorful visual layout, not a lot of text. The interface also does not currently allow pinch/zoom (for now, which we are trying to influence for a redesign.) The rationale we are hearing for doing so is 1) similar apps are doing this, and 2) saves some project effort.
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> Some thoughts that occur:
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> Mobility impairment – if a person has his/her phone mounted in a landscape orientation, and s/he cannot easily modify the position, this would make the screen impossible to use.
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> Low vision (?) – if there is a preference to read content in a wider format such as text that is on one line instead of two.
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> Anything else I haven't thought of?
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> Thanks,
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> Judith Blankman
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