Recommendation for when to respect orientation property.

Author: Rune Lillesveen

css-device-adapt/Overview.html

@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@
 
    <h1>CSS Device Adaptation</h1>
 
-   <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=longstatus-date>Editor's Draft 28 October
-    2011</h2>
+   <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=longstatus-date>Editor's Draft 23 January
+    2012</h2>
 
    <dl>
     <dt>This version:
 
     <dd>$Date$ (editor's draft)
-     <!--<dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/ED-css-device-adapt-20111028/">http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-css-device-adapt-20111028/</a></dd>-->
+     <!--<dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/ED-css-device-adapt-20120123/">http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-css-device-adapt-20120123/</a></dd>-->
 
 
     <dt>Latest version:
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=longstatus-date>Editor's Draft 28 October
    <!--begin-copyright-->
    <p class=copyright><a
     href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/ipr-notice#Copyright"
-    rel=license>Copyright</a> &copy; 2011 <a
+    rel=license>Copyright</a> &copy; 2012 <a
     href="http://www.w3.org/"><acronym
     title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</acronym></a><sup>&reg;</sup> (<a
     href="http://www.csail.mit.edu/"><acronym
@@ -1158,7 +1158,10 @@ <h3 id=the-lsquoorientationrsquo-property><span class=secno>5.9. </span>The
   <p>This property is used to request that a document is displayed in
    portrait or landscape mode. For a UA/device where the orientation is
    changed upon tilting the device, an author can use this property to
-   inhibit the orientation change.
+   inhibit the orientation change. The property should be respected for
+   standalone web applications, and when the document is displayed in
+   fullscreen. It is recommended that it is ignored for normal web navigation
+   to avoid confusing the user.
 
   <p>Values have the following meanings:
 

css-device-adapt/Overview.src.html

@@ -923,7 +923,10 @@ <h3>The &lsquo;<code class="property">orientation</code>&rsquo; property</h3>
     <p>This property is used to request that a document is displayed in portrait
       or landscape mode. For a UA/device where the orientation is changed upon
       tilting the device, an author can use this property to inhibit the
-      orientation change.</p>
+      orientation change. The property should be respected for
+      standalone web applications, and when the document is displayed
+      in fullscreen. It is recommended that it is ignored for normal
+      web navigation to avoid confusing the user.</p>
 
     <p>Values have the following meanings:</p>