Fwd: Screen Orientation API Spec phrasing confusion

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Screen Orientation API.

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Subject: 	Screen Orientation API Spec phrasing confusion
Resent-Date: 	Sat, 22 Feb 2014 03:33:28 +0000
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Date: 	Fri, 21 Feb 2014 19:32:51 -0800
From: 	ext Bruno Racineux <bruno@hexanet.net>
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CC: 	Mounir Lamouri <mounir@lamouri.fr>



In the last sentence of the 3.1 Current orientation[1] paragraph: It 
says: "In both if the device is in landscape-primary and is rotated 90 
degrees clockwise, that should be represented as portrait-primary."

That last case/sentence cannot apply to *both* previous ones, that last 
case is describing a 'landscape-primary' normal/default orientation. 
Therefore, it only reflects "devices whose normal orientation is a 
landscape mode".

'In both' should be removed from the sentence, and it needs an 
additional sentence with another case instead. Likely one that describe 
a counter clockwise (-90 degree) case to differentiate both 90 from -90 
rotations. As it is phrased now, it's difficult to get a full 
understanding of left and right rotations.

The MSDN doc is helpful in clarifying this:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/dn433241(v=vs.85).aspx

[1] https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/screen-orientation/raw-file/tip/Overview.html

-Bruno

Received on Saturday, 22 February 2014 12:58:39 UTC