exif-orientation.js

// EXIF Orientation test

// iOS looks at the EXIF Orientation flag in jpgs and rotates the image
// accordingly. Looks like most desktop browsers just ignore this data.

// description: www.impulseadventure.com/photo/exif-orientation.html

// Bug trackers:
//    bugzil.la/298619 (unimplemented)
//    crbug.com/56845 (looks incomplete)
//    webk.it/19688 (available upstream but its up all ports to turn on individually)
//

// detect by Paul Sayre


(function(){

  var img = new Image();

  img.onerror = function() {
      Modernizr.addTest('exif-orientation', function () { return false; });
  };

  img.onload = function() {
      Modernizr.addTest('exif-orientation', function () { return img.width !== 2; });
  };

  // There may be a way to shrink this more, it's a 1x2 white jpg with the orientation flag set to 6
  img.src = "data:image/jpeg;base64,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";

})();