Firefox 3.6 to get Accelerometer Support
Category: SoftwarePosted: October 14, 2009 03:18PM
Author: jammin
Support for recognising a devices orientation when the hardware is there to signal it is generally something you associate with mobile platforms. Mozilla therefore developed an API with this in mind (so it could be included in upcoming mobile browser releases), but it has also decided to make this available in the full desktop version of Firefox starting with 3.6. Some laptops happen to come with built in accelerometers (we're looking at you, Macbooks) that will be able to make use of the functionality, however waving a regular laptop around while browsing isn't something we'll all suddenly start wanting to do. I imagine the API will be more useful for any tablet PC hardware, where orientation changes are far more likely. It looks like early days yet, but if a decent amount of hardware can be supported it could prove to be a handy feature to have for some.
