Andre Yoskowitz
8 Jul 2010 0:03
Google is readying orientation detection for the upcoming Chrome OS, giving the Chrome browser the ability to use accelerometer data to keep track of which way is up.
If you rotate, the interface rotates with you.
Furthermore, upcoming apps and games can use the tweak as a method of control.
There are no current browsers with the capability, although Mozilla has promised a stable version of it for Firefox 4.0. Safari is likely to add it as well, as it is part of WebKit.
Chrome OS, for the most part, still remains a mystery to the general consumer, although Google took time to explain the cloud OS in a series of videos.