Linked by Jordan Spencer Cunningham on Thu 15th Oct 2009 04:04 UTC
Mozilla & Gecko clones 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 we’re including as part of Firefox 3.6 is support for web pages to access machine orientation information if it’s 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 it’s facing. Originally built as something that we would include for our upcoming mobile browser release, we’ve made it available on desktop systems as well. Many modern Macbooks and Thinkpads contain devices and drivers that expose this information. We’ve added support for Linux, Macs and some Thinkpads where drivers and devices are available."
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CSS 3 compliance too boring?
by tyrione on Thu 15th Oct 2009 05:16 UTC
tyrione
Member since:
2005-11-21

Impress me when CSS3 and HTML5 are all bug free.

RE: CSS 3 compliance too boring?
by Rahul on Thu 15th Oct 2009 06:43 in reply to "CSS 3 compliance too boring?"
Rahul Member since:
2005-07-06

You are living a pipe dream if you expect "bug-free" software. Is it competitive or is it good enough might be better questions to ask. A solid comparison with other browsers would be useful.

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RE: CSS 3 compliance too boring?
by Erunno on Thu 15th Oct 2009 06:51 in reply to "CSS 3 compliance too boring?"
Erunno Member since:
2007-06-22

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?

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tyrione Member since:
2005-11-21

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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