- From: François REMY <francois.remy.dev@outlook.com>
- Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 23:35:25 +0200
- To: Pointer Events WG <public-pointer-events@w3.org>
<forgot to include the list>
>> In the pointer events specification shown in the URL below, I noticed
>> there is the pressure attribute which is specified as being from 0 to
>> 1.
>>
>> However, 1 seems to be determined by the max possible value for that
>> device. I haven't coded using pressure before so can not say anything
>> for sure, but do devices have different max detection values, and if
>> so, how would it be possible to detect actual pressure?
>
> Follow the thread from here:
> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-pointer-events/2012OctDec/0018.html
>
> From what I recall, but that may be wrong, the O-1 range is purely
> informational and some hardware may decide to exceed it for good
> reasons {like a stylus that can support supper hard pressures}.
>
> However, it seems most pointers measure the pressure in a similar
> fashion which doesn't make it worth defining a more complex scale
> than 0-1.
Received on Tuesday, 16 July 2013 21:35:54 UTC