Re: Internet Explorer 11 for Windows 8.1 RTM TechNet/MSDN availability

Great stuff. Excited to see it in the wild.


On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 7:42 PM, Rick Byers <rbyers@google.com> wrote:

> Wow, this is great Jacob - thanks!
> Rick
> On Sep 9, 2013 9:36 PM, "Jacob Rossi" <Jacob.Rossi@microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>>  Hi folks,****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Microsoft announced today the availability of the RTM build of Windows
>> 8.1, which includes Internet Explorer 11, to TechNet and MSDN developer
>> subscribers [1]. If you’re not a subscriber, then you’ll need to wait for
>> the General Availability of Windows 8.1 on October 18.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> You’ll find that this RTM version of Internet Explorer supports
>> unprefixed Pointer Event APIs based on the Candidate Recommendation spec
>> (with the exception being the PointerEvent constructor).  ****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> As a design choice (balancing pragmatic engineering, compatibility, and
>> developer experience), we’re not fully preserving the old MSPointer* event
>> behavior side by side with pointer* events.  Of note:****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> -Code registering for MSPointer* events will be silently registered for
>> pointer* events (so event.type will return the unprefixed name) and get the
>> CR spec behavior****
>>
>> -When a given element has both touch-action and -ms-touch-action rules
>> specified, the touch-action rule will always win (regardless of their
>> respective specificities)****
>>
>> -For any major compat issues with the above 2 points (as with the rest of
>> the IE platform), sites may opt in to the IE10 Document Mode to get the
>> full IE10 MSPointer* behavior [2]****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> We already are and will continue proactively working with early adopters
>> of pointer events to get them to update to the unprefixed APIs and CR
>> behavior. Let me know ASAP if you believe you’re seeing issues in the IE11
>> RTM behavior.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> -Jacob****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> [1]
>> http://blogs.msdn.com/b/stevengu/archive/2013/09/09/download-windows-8-1-rtm-visual-studio-2013-rc-and-windows-server-2012-r2-rtm-today.aspx
>> ****
>>
>> [2] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj676915(v=vs.85).aspx ****
>>
>

Received on Tuesday, 10 September 2013 04:23:09 UTC