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		terinjokes on Dec 18, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Device Orientation in HTML5 (tilt your computer if... Many years ago, 2006, I was using the sudden-drop detection in my iBook G4 to know when people were walking down the hallway to my office.

adriand on Dec 18, 2011 | [–]

Please provide more details on how you accomplished this, it sounds interesting.

reledi on Dec 18, 2011 | [–]

Wouldn't you get false positives every time you typed?

terinjokes on Dec 18, 2011 | [–]

Yes, but due to how the structure was (poorly? likely…) constructed, the movement caused by someone walking down the hall was much larger than me typing.

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