C'mon people, the implemented feature is not "tilting web pages", it's "detecting accelerometers as an input device". Link to the original source: http://hacks.mozilla.org/2009/10/orientation-for-firefox/
This feature is becoming a standard in mobile devices, it just makes sense adding an API to it in a major development platform. It's true that the video showcases a (lame) feature with little real utility, but that's just a proof of concept. A context-aware input device opens new possibilities for physical interactions (think flash games, automatic portrait/landscape switch, GPS/digital compass/map orientation, gestures detection...) How can those be a bad thing? ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
