I’ve been curious for a while to see how the Lenovo T400 accelerometer would work with different APIs and Windows 7 so I downloaded the nightly Firefox 3.7 today. I was surprised to see it worked! Here is a small video I made while testing it.
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Its important to download the latest drivers for the protection system from Lenovo’s update manager. Use the Vista drivers even if you have Windows 7.
Ok.. I’m a nerd.. but I think this was fun.
You can read more about it here : Mozilla Hacks
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Hvordan gjorde du det da? Noen spesielle innstillinger i firefox?
Har siste builden, men det skjer ikke automaisk på en macbook i hvertfall…
Hvilken Macbook har du? Jeg er ikke så veldig inne på Mac’er.
Joda, jeg fikk det til! Fant ei side som hadde noen demoer på funksjonaliteten. Funka fint det!
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Herlig! På Mac finnes det mye apps man kan installere også, der misunner jeg deg litt.
Hi, I’ve found your video while searching a way to auto-rotate screen and mouse axis using the accelerometer, like tablet pcs do (obviously, with a t400). Never tought about it?
Hi Filippo, I think its possible, I’ll try with some javascripts in the header.
Great! This is another link I found, maybe you know how to use it… http://www.codeproject.com/KB/system/LenovoAPS.aspx