Why is it possible to flip the screen?
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My friend running Ubuntu just called me saying: "my screen got flipped, how to fix it?"
I told him how to fix it but that raises the question, why is it possible to flip the screen? On Linux you could flip the screen, on windows you could make it rotate sideways.
I can't think of any reason that would make the feature useful, if you want to rotate a picture you could do that in the image viewer.
What type of users flip their Linux or Windows screens? For whom is this feature created?
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My friend running Ubuntu just called me saying: "my screen got flipped, how to fix it?"
I told him how to fix it but that raises the question, why is it possible to flip the screen? On Linux you could flip the screen, on windows you could make it rotate sideways.
I can't think of any reason that would make the feature useful, if you want to rotate a picture you could do that in the image viewer.
What type of users flip their Linux or Windows screens? For whom is this feature created?
linux ubuntu display
edited 20 mins ago
Alexander Revo
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asked 19 hours ago
Lynob
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– bmargulies
11 hours ago
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I was reading color inversion until I arrived at the words rotate sideways.
– Chris
8 hours ago
2
A much harder question: Why is this part of the OS, and not part of the display? I'd guess this goes back to VGA or earlier.
– Peter
7 hours ago
This is very handy with projectors.
– TLW
4 hours ago
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@Peter - because not all displays have this feature, and having this feature in both your monitor and your OS doesn't hurt anything, whereas having this feature in neither is inconvenient if you need it.
– TLW
4 hours ago
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up vote
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My friend running Ubuntu just called me saying: "my screen got flipped, how to fix it?"
I told him how to fix it but that raises the question, why is it possible to flip the screen? On Linux you could flip the screen, on windows you could make it rotate sideways.
I can't think of any reason that would make the feature useful, if you want to rotate a picture you could do that in the image viewer.
What type of users flip their Linux or Windows screens? For whom is this feature created?
linux ubuntu display
edited 20 mins ago
Alexander Revo
2,9832813
asked 19 hours ago
Lynob
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My friend running Ubuntu just called me saying: "my screen got flipped, how to fix it?"
I told him how to fix it but that raises the question, why is it possible to flip the screen? On Linux you could flip the screen, on windows you could make it rotate sideways.
I can't think of any reason that would make the feature useful, if you want to rotate a picture you could do that in the image viewer.
What type of users flip their Linux or Windows screens? For whom is this feature created?
linux ubuntu display
linux ubuntu display
edited 20 mins ago
Alexander Revo
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asked 19 hours ago
Lynob
1,584133269
edited 20 mins ago
Alexander Revo
2,9832813
asked 19 hours ago
Lynob
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edited 20 mins ago
Alexander Revo
2,9832813
edited 20 mins ago
Alexander Revo
2,9832813
edited 20 mins ago
Alexander Revo
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2,9832813
asked 19 hours ago
Lynob
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asked 19 hours ago
Lynob
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asked 19 hours ago
Lynob
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1,584133269
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It's necessary for users ɐıʃɐɹʇsn∀ uı
– bmargulies
11 hours ago
9
I was reading color inversion until I arrived at the words rotate sideways.
– Chris
8 hours ago
2
A much harder question: Why is this part of the OS, and not part of the display? I'd guess this goes back to VGA or earlier.
– Peter
7 hours ago
This is very handy with projectors.
– TLW
4 hours ago
1
@Peter - because not all displays have this feature, and having this feature in both your monitor and your OS doesn't hurt anything, whereas having this feature in neither is inconvenient if you need it.
– TLW
4 hours ago
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show 1 more comment
38
It's necessary for users ɐıʃɐɹʇsn∀ uı
– bmargulies
11 hours ago
9
I was reading color inversion until I arrived at the words rotate sideways.
– Chris
8 hours ago
2
A much harder question: Why is this part of the OS, and not part of the display? I'd guess this goes back to VGA or earlier.
– Peter
7 hours ago
This is very handy with projectors.
– TLW
4 hours ago
1
@Peter - because not all displays have this feature, and having this feature in both your monitor and your OS doesn't hurt anything, whereas having this feature in neither is inconvenient if you need it.
– TLW
4 hours ago
38
38
It's necessary for users ɐıʃɐɹʇsn∀ uı
– bmargulies
11 hours ago
It's necessary for users ɐıʃɐɹʇsn∀ uı
– bmargulies
11 hours ago
9
9
I was reading color inversion until I arrived at the words rotate sideways.
– Chris
8 hours ago
I was reading color inversion until I arrived at the words rotate sideways.
– Chris
8 hours ago
2
2
A much harder question: Why is this part of the OS, and not part of the display? I'd guess this goes back to VGA or earlier.
– Peter
7 hours ago
A much harder question: Why is this part of the OS, and not part of the display? I'd guess this goes back to VGA or earlier.
– Peter
7 hours ago
This is very handy with projectors.
– TLW
4 hours ago
This is very handy with projectors.
– TLW
4 hours ago
1
1
@Peter - because not all displays have this feature, and having this feature in both your monitor and your OS doesn't hurt anything, whereas having this feature in neither is inconvenient if you need it.
– TLW
4 hours ago
@Peter - because not all displays have this feature, and having this feature in both your monitor and your OS doesn't hurt anything, whereas having this feature in neither is inconvenient if you need it.
– TLW
4 hours ago
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One common case where you'd want to turn your screen upside down is if you have a laptop doubling as a tablet computer, like this:
Another common case is if you attach a projector to the roof instead of letting it stand on a table.
answered 13 hours ago
user.S
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I would have thought that an inverted screen on a tablet computer is a feature, not something that needs to be fixed as noted in the question. The projector aspect is one I hadn't thought of, yet had to use during an assist at the library! Dying brain cells.
– fred_dot_u
13 hours ago
The thing with the computer is that you need to be able to turn the screen depending on what mode you're using it in. One way in ordinary laptop mode. Another in this tablet mode. You can see that the text "Lenovo" is upside down because of it.
– user.S
13 hours ago
6
You can also bounce a projector off a mirror, which requires the projector or OS to support displaying a mirror image. I've done this for back-projection in tight spaces.
– Chris H
10 hours ago
3
To be fair this has been a feature of e.g. nVidia drivers since long before anybody used a desktop OS on/as a tablet.
– Lightness Races in Orbit
9 hours ago
1
@AustinHemmelgarn Yes, it was just an example ("e.g." means "for example"). I was thinking of the old little proprietary control panel you'd get that you could use to flip the screen around aaaages ago, but yes my whole point is that this is not in any way a new technology. The whole tablet thing is very new by comparison.
– Lightness Races in Orbit
4 hours ago
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One can envision a circumstance in which the display mounting and associated brackets can only permit an inverted attachment of the panel. A kiosk with limited access may be one example, a display unit mounted at ceiling height with a mounting bracket that cannot be attached unless upside down.
In the case of a laptop, I can picture a situation in which the keyboard is mounted inside a box with the display extending outside the enclosure which would require to invert the image for viewing in a normal orientation.
I expect there are other circumstances in which this applies.
answered 19 hours ago
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Addressing the sideways rotation part of the question, the main time I've done so is when I've wanted to see many lines of content at once, e.g. a long file of code, a terminal output, or a spreadsheet. Some desktop monitors (e.g. this one) have a stand that rotates by 90°, but the software needs to rotate the video output too, otherwise everything becomes harder to read.
answered 11 hours ago
Charlie Harding
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+1 for addressing sideways rotation; back before 27" monitors were the norm my favored workspace setup was two 23" monitors, one rotated sideways and off to the side for viewing documentation while the standard orientation was my main screen for doing work.
– fluffy
10 hours ago
1
Wow that's so smart
– Lynob
9 hours ago
1
@Lynob This concept has actually been around for almost half a century. The original Xerox Alto systems (the first computers with a graphical interface) used a screen in a portrait orientation like this because they were designed specifically for document processing. The use of a landscape orientation came about largely for viewing videos, and has largely stuck around because displaying a 16:9 video on a 9:16 screen wastes a huge amount of space.
– Austin Hemmelgarn
4 hours ago
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Many restaurants show their menus on rotated screen (portrait mode); same for airports Departure and Arrival lists. Newer ones are simple oversize screens with 90 degree rotated display.
Others have already mentioned reasons for mirroring (projecting via a mirror to fold the distance needed; or back-projecting), and for 180 degree rotations (set-up tablets, etc.)
answered 8 hours ago
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I know probably not many do this, but for some time that I had my desktop monitor close to where my head's at in bed, I would rotate the screen so I could read or watch a movie while laying on my side. I've also done that with my laptop a few times.
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5 Answers
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active
oldest
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active
oldest
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active
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up vote
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One common case where you'd want to turn your screen upside down is if you have a laptop doubling as a tablet computer, like this:
Another common case is if you attach a projector to the roof instead of letting it stand on a table.
answered 13 hours ago
user.S
47126
I would have thought that an inverted screen on a tablet computer is a feature, not something that needs to be fixed as noted in the question. The projector aspect is one I hadn't thought of, yet had to use during an assist at the library! Dying brain cells.
– fred_dot_u
13 hours ago
The thing with the computer is that you need to be able to turn the screen depending on what mode you're using it in. One way in ordinary laptop mode. Another in this tablet mode. You can see that the text "Lenovo" is upside down because of it.
– user.S
13 hours ago
6
You can also bounce a projector off a mirror, which requires the projector or OS to support displaying a mirror image. I've done this for back-projection in tight spaces.
– Chris H
10 hours ago
3
To be fair this has been a feature of e.g. nVidia drivers since long before anybody used a desktop OS on/as a tablet.
– Lightness Races in Orbit
9 hours ago
1
@AustinHemmelgarn Yes, it was just an example ("e.g." means "for example"). I was thinking of the old little proprietary control panel you'd get that you could use to flip the screen around aaaages ago, but yes my whole point is that this is not in any way a new technology. The whole tablet thing is very new by comparison.
– Lightness Races in Orbit
4 hours ago
|
show 2 more comments
up vote
31
down vote
accepted
One common case where you'd want to turn your screen upside down is if you have a laptop doubling as a tablet computer, like this:
Another common case is if you attach a projector to the roof instead of letting it stand on a table.
answered 13 hours ago
user.S
47126
I would have thought that an inverted screen on a tablet computer is a feature, not something that needs to be fixed as noted in the question. The projector aspect is one I hadn't thought of, yet had to use during an assist at the library! Dying brain cells.
– fred_dot_u
13 hours ago
The thing with the computer is that you need to be able to turn the screen depending on what mode you're using it in. One way in ordinary laptop mode. Another in this tablet mode. You can see that the text "Lenovo" is upside down because of it.
– user.S
13 hours ago
6
You can also bounce a projector off a mirror, which requires the projector or OS to support displaying a mirror image. I've done this for back-projection in tight spaces.
– Chris H
10 hours ago
3
To be fair this has been a feature of e.g. nVidia drivers since long before anybody used a desktop OS on/as a tablet.
– Lightness Races in Orbit
9 hours ago
1
@AustinHemmelgarn Yes, it was just an example ("e.g." means "for example"). I was thinking of the old little proprietary control panel you'd get that you could use to flip the screen around aaaages ago, but yes my whole point is that this is not in any way a new technology. The whole tablet thing is very new by comparison.
– Lightness Races in Orbit
4 hours ago
|
show 2 more comments
up vote
31
down vote
accepted
up vote
31
down vote
accepted
One common case where you'd want to turn your screen upside down is if you have a laptop doubling as a tablet computer, like this:
Another common case is if you attach a projector to the roof instead of letting it stand on a table.
answered 13 hours ago
user.S
47126
One common case where you'd want to turn your screen upside down is if you have a laptop doubling as a tablet computer, like this:
Another common case is if you attach a projector to the roof instead of letting it stand on a table.
answered 13 hours ago
user.S
47126
answered 13 hours ago
user.S
47126
answered 13 hours ago
user.S
47126
answered 13 hours ago
user.S
47126
47126
I would have thought that an inverted screen on a tablet computer is a feature, not something that needs to be fixed as noted in the question. The projector aspect is one I hadn't thought of, yet had to use during an assist at the library! Dying brain cells.
– fred_dot_u
13 hours ago
The thing with the computer is that you need to be able to turn the screen depending on what mode you're using it in. One way in ordinary laptop mode. Another in this tablet mode. You can see that the text "Lenovo" is upside down because of it.
– user.S
13 hours ago
6
You can also bounce a projector off a mirror, which requires the projector or OS to support displaying a mirror image. I've done this for back-projection in tight spaces.
– Chris H
10 hours ago
3
To be fair this has been a feature of e.g. nVidia drivers since long before anybody used a desktop OS on/as a tablet.
– Lightness Races in Orbit
9 hours ago
1
@AustinHemmelgarn Yes, it was just an example ("e.g." means "for example"). I was thinking of the old little proprietary control panel you'd get that you could use to flip the screen around aaaages ago, but yes my whole point is that this is not in any way a new technology. The whole tablet thing is very new by comparison.
– Lightness Races in Orbit
4 hours ago
|
show 2 more comments
I would have thought that an inverted screen on a tablet computer is a feature, not something that needs to be fixed as noted in the question. The projector aspect is one I hadn't thought of, yet had to use during an assist at the library! Dying brain cells.
– fred_dot_u
13 hours ago
The thing with the computer is that you need to be able to turn the screen depending on what mode you're using it in. One way in ordinary laptop mode. Another in this tablet mode. You can see that the text "Lenovo" is upside down because of it.
– user.S
13 hours ago
6
You can also bounce a projector off a mirror, which requires the projector or OS to support displaying a mirror image. I've done this for back-projection in tight spaces.
– Chris H
10 hours ago
3
To be fair this has been a feature of e.g. nVidia drivers since long before anybody used a desktop OS on/as a tablet.
– Lightness Races in Orbit
9 hours ago
1
@AustinHemmelgarn Yes, it was just an example ("e.g." means "for example"). I was thinking of the old little proprietary control panel you'd get that you could use to flip the screen around aaaages ago, but yes my whole point is that this is not in any way a new technology. The whole tablet thing is very new by comparison.
– Lightness Races in Orbit
4 hours ago
I would have thought that an inverted screen on a tablet computer is a feature, not something that needs to be fixed as noted in the question. The projector aspect is one I hadn't thought of, yet had to use during an assist at the library! Dying brain cells.
– fred_dot_u
13 hours ago
I would have thought that an inverted screen on a tablet computer is a feature, not something that needs to be fixed as noted in the question. The projector aspect is one I hadn't thought of, yet had to use during an assist at the library! Dying brain cells.
– fred_dot_u
13 hours ago
The thing with the computer is that you need to be able to turn the screen depending on what mode you're using it in. One way in ordinary laptop mode. Another in this tablet mode. You can see that the text "Lenovo" is upside down because of it.
– user.S
13 hours ago
The thing with the computer is that you need to be able to turn the screen depending on what mode you're using it in. One way in ordinary laptop mode. Another in this tablet mode. You can see that the text "Lenovo" is upside down because of it.
– user.S
13 hours ago
6
6
You can also bounce a projector off a mirror, which requires the projector or OS to support displaying a mirror image. I've done this for back-projection in tight spaces.
– Chris H
10 hours ago
You can also bounce a projector off a mirror, which requires the projector or OS to support displaying a mirror image. I've done this for back-projection in tight spaces.
– Chris H
10 hours ago
3
3
To be fair this has been a feature of e.g. nVidia drivers since long before anybody used a desktop OS on/as a tablet.
– Lightness Races in Orbit
9 hours ago
To be fair this has been a feature of e.g. nVidia drivers since long before anybody used a desktop OS on/as a tablet.
– Lightness Races in Orbit
9 hours ago
1
1
@AustinHemmelgarn Yes, it was just an example ("e.g." means "for example"). I was thinking of the old little proprietary control panel you'd get that you could use to flip the screen around aaaages ago, but yes my whole point is that this is not in any way a new technology. The whole tablet thing is very new by comparison.
– Lightness Races in Orbit
4 hours ago
@AustinHemmelgarn Yes, it was just an example ("e.g." means "for example"). I was thinking of the old little proprietary control panel you'd get that you could use to flip the screen around aaaages ago, but yes my whole point is that this is not in any way a new technology. The whole tablet thing is very new by comparison.
– Lightness Races in Orbit
4 hours ago
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One can envision a circumstance in which the display mounting and associated brackets can only permit an inverted attachment of the panel. A kiosk with limited access may be one example, a display unit mounted at ceiling height with a mounting bracket that cannot be attached unless upside down.
In the case of a laptop, I can picture a situation in which the keyboard is mounted inside a box with the display extending outside the enclosure which would require to invert the image for viewing in a normal orientation.
I expect there are other circumstances in which this applies.
answered 19 hours ago
fred_dot_u
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One can envision a circumstance in which the display mounting and associated brackets can only permit an inverted attachment of the panel. A kiosk with limited access may be one example, a display unit mounted at ceiling height with a mounting bracket that cannot be attached unless upside down.
In the case of a laptop, I can picture a situation in which the keyboard is mounted inside a box with the display extending outside the enclosure which would require to invert the image for viewing in a normal orientation.
I expect there are other circumstances in which this applies.
answered 19 hours ago
fred_dot_u
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up vote
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One can envision a circumstance in which the display mounting and associated brackets can only permit an inverted attachment of the panel. A kiosk with limited access may be one example, a display unit mounted at ceiling height with a mounting bracket that cannot be attached unless upside down.
In the case of a laptop, I can picture a situation in which the keyboard is mounted inside a box with the display extending outside the enclosure which would require to invert the image for viewing in a normal orientation.
I expect there are other circumstances in which this applies.
answered 19 hours ago
fred_dot_u
645136
One can envision a circumstance in which the display mounting and associated brackets can only permit an inverted attachment of the panel. A kiosk with limited access may be one example, a display unit mounted at ceiling height with a mounting bracket that cannot be attached unless upside down.
In the case of a laptop, I can picture a situation in which the keyboard is mounted inside a box with the display extending outside the enclosure which would require to invert the image for viewing in a normal orientation.
I expect there are other circumstances in which this applies.
answered 19 hours ago
fred_dot_u
645136
answered 19 hours ago
fred_dot_u
645136
answered 19 hours ago
fred_dot_u
645136
answered 19 hours ago
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Addressing the sideways rotation part of the question, the main time I've done so is when I've wanted to see many lines of content at once, e.g. a long file of code, a terminal output, or a spreadsheet. Some desktop monitors (e.g. this one) have a stand that rotates by 90°, but the software needs to rotate the video output too, otherwise everything becomes harder to read.
answered 11 hours ago
Charlie Harding
52229
3
+1 for addressing sideways rotation; back before 27" monitors were the norm my favored workspace setup was two 23" monitors, one rotated sideways and off to the side for viewing documentation while the standard orientation was my main screen for doing work.
– fluffy
10 hours ago
1
Wow that's so smart
– Lynob
9 hours ago
1
@Lynob This concept has actually been around for almost half a century. The original Xerox Alto systems (the first computers with a graphical interface) used a screen in a portrait orientation like this because they were designed specifically for document processing. The use of a landscape orientation came about largely for viewing videos, and has largely stuck around because displaying a 16:9 video on a 9:16 screen wastes a huge amount of space.
– Austin Hemmelgarn
4 hours ago
add a comment |
up vote
19
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Addressing the sideways rotation part of the question, the main time I've done so is when I've wanted to see many lines of content at once, e.g. a long file of code, a terminal output, or a spreadsheet. Some desktop monitors (e.g. this one) have a stand that rotates by 90°, but the software needs to rotate the video output too, otherwise everything becomes harder to read.
answered 11 hours ago
Charlie Harding
52229
3
+1 for addressing sideways rotation; back before 27" monitors were the norm my favored workspace setup was two 23" monitors, one rotated sideways and off to the side for viewing documentation while the standard orientation was my main screen for doing work.
– fluffy
10 hours ago
1
Wow that's so smart
– Lynob
9 hours ago
1
@Lynob This concept has actually been around for almost half a century. The original Xerox Alto systems (the first computers with a graphical interface) used a screen in a portrait orientation like this because they were designed specifically for document processing. The use of a landscape orientation came about largely for viewing videos, and has largely stuck around because displaying a 16:9 video on a 9:16 screen wastes a huge amount of space.
– Austin Hemmelgarn
4 hours ago
add a comment |
up vote
19
down vote
up vote
19
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Addressing the sideways rotation part of the question, the main time I've done so is when I've wanted to see many lines of content at once, e.g. a long file of code, a terminal output, or a spreadsheet. Some desktop monitors (e.g. this one) have a stand that rotates by 90°, but the software needs to rotate the video output too, otherwise everything becomes harder to read.
answered 11 hours ago
Charlie Harding
52229
Addressing the sideways rotation part of the question, the main time I've done so is when I've wanted to see many lines of content at once, e.g. a long file of code, a terminal output, or a spreadsheet. Some desktop monitors (e.g. this one) have a stand that rotates by 90°, but the software needs to rotate the video output too, otherwise everything becomes harder to read.
answered 11 hours ago
Charlie Harding
52229
edited 10 hours ago
answered 11 hours ago
Charlie Harding
52229
answered 11 hours ago
Charlie Harding
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answered 11 hours ago
Charlie Harding
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52229
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+1 for addressing sideways rotation; back before 27" monitors were the norm my favored workspace setup was two 23" monitors, one rotated sideways and off to the side for viewing documentation while the standard orientation was my main screen for doing work.
– fluffy
10 hours ago
1
Wow that's so smart
– Lynob
9 hours ago
1
@Lynob This concept has actually been around for almost half a century. The original Xerox Alto systems (the first computers with a graphical interface) used a screen in a portrait orientation like this because they were designed specifically for document processing. The use of a landscape orientation came about largely for viewing videos, and has largely stuck around because displaying a 16:9 video on a 9:16 screen wastes a huge amount of space.
– Austin Hemmelgarn
4 hours ago
add a comment |
3
+1 for addressing sideways rotation; back before 27" monitors were the norm my favored workspace setup was two 23" monitors, one rotated sideways and off to the side for viewing documentation while the standard orientation was my main screen for doing work.
– fluffy
10 hours ago
1
Wow that's so smart
– Lynob
9 hours ago
1
@Lynob This concept has actually been around for almost half a century. The original Xerox Alto systems (the first computers with a graphical interface) used a screen in a portrait orientation like this because they were designed specifically for document processing. The use of a landscape orientation came about largely for viewing videos, and has largely stuck around because displaying a 16:9 video on a 9:16 screen wastes a huge amount of space.
– Austin Hemmelgarn
4 hours ago
3
3
+1 for addressing sideways rotation; back before 27" monitors were the norm my favored workspace setup was two 23" monitors, one rotated sideways and off to the side for viewing documentation while the standard orientation was my main screen for doing work.
– fluffy
10 hours ago
+1 for addressing sideways rotation; back before 27" monitors were the norm my favored workspace setup was two 23" monitors, one rotated sideways and off to the side for viewing documentation while the standard orientation was my main screen for doing work.
– fluffy
10 hours ago
1
1
Wow that's so smart
– Lynob
9 hours ago
Wow that's so smart
– Lynob
9 hours ago
1
1
@Lynob This concept has actually been around for almost half a century. The original Xerox Alto systems (the first computers with a graphical interface) used a screen in a portrait orientation like this because they were designed specifically for document processing. The use of a landscape orientation came about largely for viewing videos, and has largely stuck around because displaying a 16:9 video on a 9:16 screen wastes a huge amount of space.
– Austin Hemmelgarn
4 hours ago
@Lynob This concept has actually been around for almost half a century. The original Xerox Alto systems (the first computers with a graphical interface) used a screen in a portrait orientation like this because they were designed specifically for document processing. The use of a landscape orientation came about largely for viewing videos, and has largely stuck around because displaying a 16:9 video on a 9:16 screen wastes a huge amount of space.
– Austin Hemmelgarn
4 hours ago
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Many restaurants show their menus on rotated screen (portrait mode); same for airports Departure and Arrival lists. Newer ones are simple oversize screens with 90 degree rotated display.
Others have already mentioned reasons for mirroring (projecting via a mirror to fold the distance needed; or back-projecting), and for 180 degree rotations (set-up tablets, etc.)
answered 8 hours ago
Aganju
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Many restaurants show their menus on rotated screen (portrait mode); same for airports Departure and Arrival lists. Newer ones are simple oversize screens with 90 degree rotated display.
Others have already mentioned reasons for mirroring (projecting via a mirror to fold the distance needed; or back-projecting), and for 180 degree rotations (set-up tablets, etc.)
answered 8 hours ago
Aganju
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up vote
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up vote
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Many restaurants show their menus on rotated screen (portrait mode); same for airports Departure and Arrival lists. Newer ones are simple oversize screens with 90 degree rotated display.
Others have already mentioned reasons for mirroring (projecting via a mirror to fold the distance needed; or back-projecting), and for 180 degree rotations (set-up tablets, etc.)
answered 8 hours ago
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Many restaurants show their menus on rotated screen (portrait mode); same for airports Departure and Arrival lists. Newer ones are simple oversize screens with 90 degree rotated display.
Others have already mentioned reasons for mirroring (projecting via a mirror to fold the distance needed; or back-projecting), and for 180 degree rotations (set-up tablets, etc.)
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I know probably not many do this, but for some time that I had my desktop monitor close to where my head's at in bed, I would rotate the screen so I could read or watch a movie while laying on my side. I've also done that with my laptop a few times.
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I know probably not many do this, but for some time that I had my desktop monitor close to where my head's at in bed, I would rotate the screen so I could read or watch a movie while laying on my side. I've also done that with my laptop a few times.
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I know probably not many do this, but for some time that I had my desktop monitor close to where my head's at in bed, I would rotate the screen so I could read or watch a movie while laying on my side. I've also done that with my laptop a few times.
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I know probably not many do this, but for some time that I had my desktop monitor close to where my head's at in bed, I would rotate the screen so I could read or watch a movie while laying on my side. I've also done that with my laptop a few times.
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– bmargulies
11 hours ago
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I was reading color inversion until I arrived at the words rotate sideways.
– Chris
8 hours ago
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A much harder question: Why is this part of the OS, and not part of the display? I'd guess this goes back to VGA or earlier.
– Peter
7 hours ago
This is very handy with projectors.
– TLW
4 hours ago
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@Peter - because not all displays have this feature, and having this feature in both your monitor and your OS doesn't hurt anything, whereas having this feature in neither is inconvenient if you need it.
– TLW
4 hours ago