How to master screen orientation with HTML5

When reading an article on the web or using a native application, smartphones and tablets will flip the content on screen when you tilt them in landscape, so you don't have to twist your head. For web games with a fixed-size, rectangular playfield, this feature can actually be detrimental. In landscape mode, players may have to scroll down the page to reach the opponent's goal, or if the playfield is shrunk to fit, they have very little screen real estate to interact with.

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