- From: Jonas Sicking <jonas@sicking.cc>
- Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 10:26:33 -0700
- To: Anton Vayvod <avayvod@google.com>
- Cc: "mark a. foltz" <mfoltz@google.com>, "Bassbouss, Louay" <louay.bassbouss@fokus.fraunhofer.de>, Mark Watson <watsonm@netflix.com>, John Mellor <johnme@google.com>, Francois Daoust <fd@w3.org>, "public-webscreens@w3.org" <public-webscreens@w3.org>, Marco Chen <mchen@mozilla.com>, Wesley Johnston <wjohnston@mozilla.com>, Evelyn Hung <ehung@mozilla.com>
On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 6:20 AM, Anton Vayvod <avayvod@google.com> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 12:32 AM, Jonas Sicking <jonas@sicking.cc> wrote: >> >> On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 4:16 PM, mark a. foltz <mfoltz@google.com> wrote: >> > On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 9:38 AM, Bassbouss, Louay >> > <louay.bassbouss@fokus.fraunhofer.de> wrote: >> >> >> >> Since there is no distinction between the 1UA and 2UAs case on API >> >> level, >> >> it will be hard even impossible for developers to know which device API >> >> is >> >> used (on which device). >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> louay >> > >> > >> > This seems to be a general issue with the Device Orientation and Device >> > Motion APIs. I don't think the Web author can assume that they are >> > supported on all devices (since they may not have the appropriate >> > sensors) >> > and must code accordingly? >> > >> > In the worst case the presentation can query the appropriate APIs after >> > loading and signal back to the originating page to inform the user that >> > the >> > motion- or orientation-controlled presentation will work or not. >> >> The presentation API defines what to do when certain sensors are >> missing. > > Jonas, for clarity sake, I think you meant device orientation API here. Yes. Thanks. I agree that making device orientation and screen orientation APIs should reflect the screen where rendering happens. Up to the UA to implement as much as it can of this, and where it can't, it should follow the relevant spec (device/screen orientation). / Jonas
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