On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 2:11 AM, Lars Knudsen <lar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I know, I've mentioned this before - but why don't we just define one > (hardware) direction as "0 degrees" (e.g. "portrait up"), align all the > orientation specs and keep things simple for everyone? > > ref > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/2013AprJun/0063.html
Because that's nonsensical for landscape devices, or apps who are fine with being rotated to landscape. It's only simpler for spec authors - it requires extra work for web authors. ~TJ
