Sencha Notes

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One new feature of iOS 5’s Mobile Safari that was not known back when I wrote this post, is an extension to the DeviceOrientation Event API. There was already an implementation of the official yet limited spec in iOS, but the Apple team didn’t have the time to wait for a resolution and implemented two new properties that allow developers to get full access to the real world orientation in Mobile Safari now!

James Pearce from Sencha took the new API for a spin and created a complete web-based compass. If you’re running iOS 5 and you’re on an iPhone 4 or 4S, iPad or latest generation iPod Touch, just tap the image below. Now go ahead and make your web app orientation-aware!