So what you're saying, then, is that it's just me...
The crux of my point is that the Zune is trying to do me some kind of favor, which isn't really helpful after all.
The Zune presumes that I want to view all pictures and videos holding the device sidweways. For videos, this works fine -- whether the video is 4:3 or 16:9, the sideways orientation is really the only one that makes any sense. For pictures, though, displaying my portrait-oriented shots sideways wastes a lot of the screen space, so if I want to maximize my use of the screen space when viewing portraint-oriented shots, they must be rotated 90 degrees to the left, so that when the Zune displays them, they fill the screen.
In my opinion, the Zune should simply display each picture with the longest edges along the sides of the screen (when holding the Zune upright), and the shortest edges along the top & bottom of the screen, so every picture uses the whole screen. Does MS really think it's going to be a huge problem for me to turn my Zune back and forth while I'm looking at my pictures? Is that a bigger inconvenience than having a bright color display that's only half-filled with my pictures?
