Comments on: EeeRotate: Portrait-mode reading on the Eee PCs and other notebooks http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/eeerotate-portrait-mode-reading-on-the-eee-pcs-and-other-notebooks/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:00:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: AWS http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/eeerotate-portrait-mode-reading-on-the-eee-pcs-and-other-notebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-1160594 AWS Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:46:54 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/11/11/eeerotate-portrait-mode-reading-on-the-eee-pcs-and-other-notebooks/#comment-1160594 EeeRotate kinda sucks because it is limited. It does not rotate mouse controls. A better program is iRotate (I actually found it on the same download page as EeeRotate a bit farther down the page). It has more flexibility: 1. you can pick more rotate options which could be important if your netbook/laptop vents hot air to one side or the other… you can have the hot air vent out the top-facing side. 2. It automatically reorients the mouse controls which makes it much more useful for working in other applications in portrait mode (full size page mode in Word is great on my laptop). EeeRotate kinda sucks because it is limited. It does not rotate mouse controls. A better program is iRotate (I actually found it on the same download page as EeeRotate a bit farther down the page). It has more flexibility: 1. you can pick more rotate options which could be important if your netbook/laptop vents hot air to one side or the other… you can have the hot air vent out the top-facing side. 2. It automatically reorients the mouse controls which makes it much more useful for working in other applications in portrait mode (full size page mode in Word is great on my laptop).

]]> By: Raymond http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/eeerotate-portrait-mode-reading-on-the-eee-pcs-and-other-notebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-1152061 Raymond Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:53:39 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/11/11/eeerotate-portrait-mode-reading-on-the-eee-pcs-and-other-notebooks/#comment-1152061 Thank you! I just tried EeeRotate on my Windows XP netbook computer. Works like a charm! I had been converting PDFs to Mobipocket format, but I realize that just rotating the PDF document 90 degrees in Adobe Reader or now---in EeeRotate---may be even better! It truly looks like I'm reading a normal book when I lie in bed with my netbook sideways on my chest! It's another reason NOT to buy a dedicated ereader. Thank you! I just tried EeeRotate on my Windows XP netbook computer. Works like a charm! I had been converting PDFs to Mobipocket format, but I realize that just rotating the PDF document 90 degrees in Adobe Reader or now—in EeeRotate—may be even better! It truly looks like I’m reading a normal book when I lie in bed with my netbook sideways on my chest!

It’s another reason NOT to buy a dedicated ereader.

]]> By: Raymond http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/eeerotate-portrait-mode-reading-on-the-eee-pcs-and-other-notebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-1152059 Raymond Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:37:07 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/11/11/eeerotate-portrait-mode-reading-on-the-eee-pcs-and-other-notebooks/#comment-1152059 Adobe Reader already lets you rotate your PDF ebook 90 degrees! To read PDF files like your photo above, all I do in Adobe Reader is: View -> Rotate View -> Clockwise (or Counterclockwise) View -> Page Display -> Single Page View -> Full Screen Mode (or CTRL-L) Then I can flip through the book pages with my cursor keys! Adobe Reader already lets you rotate your PDF ebook 90 degrees! To read PDF files like your photo above, all I do in Adobe Reader is:

View -> Rotate View -> Clockwise (or Counterclockwise)

View -> Page Display -> Single Page

View -> Full Screen Mode (or CTRL-L)

Then I can flip through the book pages with my cursor keys!

]]> By: Chris Meadows http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/eeerotate-portrait-mode-reading-on-the-eee-pcs-and-other-notebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-1151951 Chris Meadows Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:19:58 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/11/11/eeerotate-portrait-mode-reading-on-the-eee-pcs-and-other-notebooks/#comment-1151951 FBReader also has an option to rotate text into portrait mode, no external software required. I've tried it on a full-sized laptop before. A little awkward to read. FBReader also has an option to rotate text into portrait mode, no external software required. I’ve tried it on a full-sized laptop before. A little awkward to read.

]]> By: probably not http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/eeerotate-portrait-mode-reading-on-the-eee-pcs-and-other-notebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-1151913 probably not Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:12:56 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/11/11/eeerotate-portrait-mode-reading-on-the-eee-pcs-and-other-notebooks/#comment-1151913 Ctrl-Alt-Arrow Key does nothing, on either my Dell Latitude D531 or my Dell Mini 10v. I've tried several solutions that say they will make the screen rotate, but they don't. These are both Windows XP machines. I do want to use the Mini10v as an EBook Reading platform, for my library of various accumulated ebook formats. Ctrl-Alt-Arrow Key does nothing, on either my Dell Latitude D531 or my Dell Mini 10v. I’ve tried several solutions that say they will make the screen rotate, but they don’t. These are both Windows XP machines. I do want to use the Mini10v as an EBook Reading platform, for my library of various accumulated ebook formats.

]]> By: Brandon http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/eeerotate-portrait-mode-reading-on-the-eee-pcs-and-other-notebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-1062092 Brandon Thu, 21 May 2009 17:44:26 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/11/11/eeerotate-portrait-mode-reading-on-the-eee-pcs-and-other-notebooks/#comment-1062092 Just in case anyone comes along wondering - this works fine on the HP Mini 1120 with Windows 7 Just in case anyone comes along wondering – this works fine on the HP Mini 1120 with Windows 7

]]> By: Karlos http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/eeerotate-portrait-mode-reading-on-the-eee-pcs-and-other-notebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-964976 Karlos Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:59:04 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/11/11/eeerotate-portrait-mode-reading-on-the-eee-pcs-and-other-notebooks/#comment-964976 Ctrl-Alt-Arrow Key Ctrl-Alt-Arrow Key

]]> By: Bryan http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/eeerotate-portrait-mode-reading-on-the-eee-pcs-and-other-notebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-951748 Bryan Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:58:21 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/11/11/eeerotate-portrait-mode-reading-on-the-eee-pcs-and-other-notebooks/#comment-951748 Heck, now all we really need is a netbook with a 180-degree hinge, so the sreen can flip all the way around, making a flat device with keyboard on one side and screen on the other. Heck, now all we really need is a netbook with a 180-degree hinge, so the sreen can flip all the way around, making a flat device with keyboard on one side and screen on the other.

]]> By: Charlie http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/eeerotate-portrait-mode-reading-on-the-eee-pcs-and-other-notebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-951707 Charlie Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:14:11 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/11/11/eeerotate-portrait-mode-reading-on-the-eee-pcs-and-other-notebooks/#comment-951707 They really need to make a tablet version like the XO. They really need to make a tablet version like the XO.

]]> By: will http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/eeerotate-portrait-mode-reading-on-the-eee-pcs-and-other-notebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-951666 will Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:30:44 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/11/11/eeerotate-portrait-mode-reading-on-the-eee-pcs-and-other-notebooks/#comment-951666 linux users can use xrandr in a terminal. like: xrandr -o right to rotate screen. linux users can use xrandr in a terminal. like:
xrandr -o right
to rotate screen.

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