- From: Arthur Barstow <art.barstow@nokia.com>
- Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2013 07:59:40 -0400
- To: "public-pointer-events@w3.org" <public-pointer-events@w3.org>
FYI, [1] is <http://www.w3.org/2013/03/12-pointerevents-minutes.html#item10>. On 3/22/13 8:54 PM, ext Jacob Rossi wrote: > > Hey folks, > > In our March 12 call, we decided we should add some non-normative text > to clarify the spec’s positioning [1]. Here’s my proposed text: > > While Pointer Events are sourced from a variety of input devices, they > are not defined as being generated from some other set of > device-specific events. While possible and encouraged for > compatibility, this spec does not require other device-specific events > be supported (e.g. mouse events, touch events, etc.). A user agent > could support pointer events without supporting any other device > events. For compatibility with content written to mouse-specific > events, this specification does provide an option section describing > how to generate compatibility mouse events based on pointer input from > devices other than a mouse. > > Feel free to give suggested tweaks. This text would be for the > informative introduction. > > -Jacob >
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