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Re: Applicability of 1.3.4 for mobile native app

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From: Steve Green
Date: Feb 3, 2020 2:22PM

If the pages are difficult to use in landscape just because of the layout you have chosen to use, I would say that you cannot rely on the "essential" exemption.

However, if the nature of the content is such that it absolutely must have a large height or width, then the exemption would apply.

I do not recommend looking at other apps to see what they do. My experience is that screen rotation has not been considered on almost any of the millions of apps (I am sure there are exceptions, but they are extremely rare). I often find that some screens rotate, but others don't even if they would work ok if they did.

Steve Green
Managing Director
Test Partners Ltd