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Firefox 3.6 will detect screen orientation

25.11.2009

The next version of Firefox will be able to detect the orientation of the screen of a computer or laptop and pass this information to applications running in the browser.

Naturally, the new feature is not compatible with all devices, but only with those that already have a built-in accelerometer. So far, the main purpose of the game technology, in which the tilt of the laptop can be used to control in-game objects. This approach is widely used in smaller mobile devices such as the iPhone.

Initially, this function was just developed for the mobile version of the Mozilla Fennec browser, however, given the fact that some laptops (for example, MacBooks and ThinkPads) are also equipped with accelerometers, it was decided to transfer it to the regular version of Firefox.

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