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We should consider adding |ticks| to the wheel event. There are many UX use cases where ticks are more appropriate than pixels, especially considering that pixel values vary from system-to-system (and can vary based on user preferences). An example of when ticks are more appropriate is with a "digit-selector", a menu or a drop-down list. In each of these cases, a single tick should select the next element regardless of how many "pixels" are reported. Issues: What ticks value should be used for input devices that fake scrollwheel events (like a touchpad)? Options are to simply use 0 ticks for these devices, come up with a method for generating fake ticks. Do we need x, y and z ticks?
Moving to UI Events
Now tracking as: https://github.com/w3c/uievents/issues/17