OSNews is Exploring the Future of Computing

Linked by Jordan Spencer Cunningham on Thu 15th Oct 2009 04:04 UTC

Firefox will now include code to detect how a laptop or mobile device is situated in relation to the ground for devices with the appropriate hardware. "One new feature that weâre including as part of Firefox 3.6 is support for web pages to access machine orientation information if itâs available. As you can see from the [video viewable by following the link] you can use it to figure out if the machine is moving and what direction itâs facing. Originally built as something that we would include for our upcoming mobile browser release, weâve made it available on desktop systems as well. Many modern Macbooks and Thinkpads contain devices and drivers that expose this information. Weâve added support for Linux, Macs and some Thinkpads where drivers and devices are available."

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RE[2]: CSS 3 compliance too boring?

by tyrione on Thu 15th Oct 2009 19:52 UTC in reply to "RE: CSS 3 compliance too boring?"

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Because browser vendors are now expected to have bug free implementations of draft standards now, amirite? And could you please link to a conclusive test suite that tests for CSS3 and HTML5 compliance? Maybe something with a greater scope than ACID 3?

Browser developers design the tests and standards.

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