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[Mitchell Reese <projects@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Couple questions re webapp development:

1. Is there any way currently for webapps to be fullscreen when in
   landscape mode? I'm talking about the notification bar disappearing
   when rotating the device on it's side. There are already a couple
   apps that do this (gallery, etc.) and it would be great to have this
   functionality for webapps. Working on a couple games, and something
   just doesn't look right with the notification bar wrong way up on
   the left hand side of the device. It would be great if apps being
   used in landscape mode had this functionality. Is anything like this
   currently possible, or planned?
2. Is there anyway to lock a webapp to a particular orientation? Again,
   some games need to be landscape, and other apps work better in
   portrait mode. Is there a way to predefine this within a webapp, or
   is this functionality later planned?
3. Is there an easy way to allow webapps to download ANY file, even one
   that doesn't have a so-called program that can open it? I.e.,
   perhaps I'm downloading a script, or another file without an easy
   association.
4. When developing apps with the sdk (latest version on 14.10), is
   there any easy way to restart the unity8-dash after installing apps
   on the device? Currently the apps install, but I have to manually
   kill the unity8-dash service in order for the dash to be refreshed.
   ( i.e., $top then $kill process# ) When installing/uninstalling from
   the software centre, this happens automatically. Is there an easier
   way to refresh the dash after installing apps from the sdk?

Thanks,

Mitchell