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I just wanna point out that you people

2015-11-04 03:05:08.913392+01 by Dan Lyke 4 comments

I just wanna point out that you people complaining about vertical video are olds watching it on outdated horizontal screen devices.

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#Comment Re: I just wanna point out that you people made: 2015-11-08 19:13:08.628358+01 by: Dan Lyke

I'm still trying to find ways to fool my phone or tablet into encoding the right orientation when I'm taking pictures straight down...

#Comment Re: I just wanna point out that you people made: 2015-11-08 04:48:39.350471+01 by: concept14

Then there's the mixed-mode presentation where someone's mobile device has a native landscape orientation so they turn it sideways to take a vertical video, and it comes up sideways when viewing on a desktop monitor where it's harder to turn your device.

#Comment Re: I just wanna point out that you people made: 2015-11-04 20:50:24.079111+01 by: Dan Lyke

yeah, but people still read in a higher than wide aspect ratio, and use their mobile devices in that mode...

#Comment Re: I just wanna point out that you people made: 2015-11-04 19:46:28.586989+01 by: Mars Saxman

Well, aside from the whole part where the human field of vision is several times wider than it is tall, sure.

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