#853 NORM CTest: Rework sugar rotation support

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#853: Rework sugar rotation support
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  Reporter:  marco             |       Owner:  Eben  
      Type:  defect            |      Status:  closed
  Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:  CTest 
 Component:  interface-design  |     Version:        
Resolution:  fixed             |    Keywords:        
  Verified:  0                 |  
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Changes (by Eben):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => fixed

Comment:

 I'm not convinced that encouraging rotation support by default is
 necessary (although I think encouraging handheld mode by default
 absolutely should be).  Particular activities may indeed benefit from a
 vertical aspect ratio, but not all.  Furthermore, the buttons are not easy
 to access when holding the screen vertically, so chances are it will be
 more useful for all varieties of "reading" activities, or any activities
 which naturally require little interaction.  Now, having a touchscreen
 ''does'' fix that problem, but it doesn't change the fact that only some
 activities can benefit from the vertical aspect ratio.  As mentioned, it's
 handheld mode that every activity ''must'' support to take advantage of a
 future touchscreen.

 Also, has thought gone into whether or not rotation support is limited
 only to handheld mode?  It seems that rotating the screen is useless when
 in laptop mode, and as such shouldn't be supported at all.  The rotate
 button is on the bezel and therefore accessible in handheld mode, so why
 not?  This prevents us from having to deal with rotation in Sugar unless
 we see benefit.  At present, I can't really see a use case in the OS which
 would take advantage of it anyway, and propose that we only allow rotation
 from within handheld mode.

 As far as the UI itself goes, please refer to #1049

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