Pointer Events Level 3 is now a W3C Recommendation

The Pointer Events Working Group is pleased to publish Pointer Events Level 3 as a W3C Recommendation. The features in this specification extend or modify those found in Pointer Events, a W3C Recommendation that describes events and related interfaces for handling hardware-agnostic pointer input from devices including a mouse, pen, or touchscreen. For compatibility with existing mouse-based content, this specification also describes a mapping to fire Mouse Events for other pointer device types. 

This revision includes new features: altitudeAngle, azimuthAngle, pointerrawupdate event, associated coalesced events, and built-in predicted events.

Following the newer Recommendation, Pointer Events Level 2 has been marked as a W3C Superseded Recommendation: