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		afavour on Dec 18, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Trying to Recreate iOS on the Web I did that parallax background effect on a web site many years ago. Unfortunately (but understandably) accelerometer data is now behind a permission prompt on the web. Displaying a garish modal permission prompt so that you can do a subtle background transition doesn't make sense as a tradeoff.

KTibow on Dec 18, 2024 [–]

I'm a bit confused, what permissions would this animation require?

happyopossum on Dec 18, 2024 | | [–]

You don’t want every website in the world to have unfettered access to your accelerometer - way too much sensitive info can be grokked from that.

kossae on Dec 18, 2024 | | [–]

Accelerometer data from the phone in order to determine the position for the parallax effect.

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