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Serban

Posted: Oct 13 2009, 09:40 AM

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The upcoming version 3.6 of Firefox will be able to tell if you're listing to starboard--and pass that information along to applications running in the browser.

That's because the browser will be able to detect the orientation of laptops and mobile devices equipped with accelerometers that can tell which way is down. The reason for the work: Web applications running in the browser will be able to use the information, useful for labyrinth-type games with virtual marbles rolling around boards, and any number of other gaming situations.

sauce

lol

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Comrade Kesha	Posted: Oct 13 2009, 09:41 AM
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Char	Posted: Oct 13 2009, 10:09 AM
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Miaxis	Posted: Oct 13 2009, 10:15 AM
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DJ Elly	Posted: Oct 13 2009, 11:13 AM
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Kyori

Posted: Oct 13 2009, 11:13 AM

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QUOTE (Miaxis @ Oct 13 2009, 03:15 PM)

Can't they just make it a bit faster? The latest versions have been lagging* like ****.
Who would need this, anyway?

* This topic's page took 1min 13sec to load which is slow even for my region.

I don't think that's entirely firefox's fault :/

It took just over a second to load this page for me.

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Morshu McPhereson	Posted: Oct 13 2009, 11:19 AM
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Posted: Oct 13 2009, 11:25 AM

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a bit laggy

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Posted: Oct 13 2009, 02:20 PM

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QUOTE (Char @ Oct 13 2009, 11:09 AM)

meh
how many laptops have accelerometers inside them anyway

mine does, arch linux picked it up as a joystick and I used it to play neverball

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Posted: Oct 13 2009, 02:32 PM

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QUOTE (Morshu McPhereson @ Oct 13 2009, 05:19 PM)

Oh, that's pretty neat. When I read the topic title, however, I assumed that it meant "orientation" as in "you're on a porn site right now!"

...

Which would SUCK.

Thus bringing a whole new meaning to sexual orientation.

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