Re: Proposed Boilerplate Information for Touch Events CG; deadline Oct 25

+1.
The topics in scope currently cover all issues/questions we found in 
dojo to provide an interoperable PE implementation that should allow a 
smooth transition to a future PE adoption by the browsers we support.

On 10/23/2013 07:49 PM, Arthur Barstow wrote:
> I created a wiki doc with the information I sent in my original email 
> on this thread, plus the first point in  Sangwhan's proposal:
>
> A few of us (Rich, Sangwhan and I) briefly discussed Sangwhan's second 
> proposal in IRC and we agree not to include that because it is mostly 
> a separate subject.
>
> Comments from all are welcome and feel free to edit the document 
> directly:
>
>   <http://www.w3.org/2010/webevents/wiki/DraftTouchEventsCG>
>
> -Thanks, ArtB
>
> On 10/23/13 11:53 AM, ext Rick Byers wrote:
>> Your proposal looks good to me - thanks Art!  My list of specific 
>> topics doesn't need to be definitive though - others should feel free 
>> to add/remove/replace, they're just the things on the top of my mind...
>>
>> Inline:
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 7:43 AM, Sangwhan Moon <smoon@opera.com 
>> <mailto:smoon@opera.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 9:48 AM, Arthur Barstow
>>     <art.barstow@nokia.com <mailto:art.barstow@nokia.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         Hi All,
>>
>>         Here is my straw-man proposal for the three boilerplate items
>>         that need to be defined when the new Community Group is
>>         proposed. You'll notice the Group Description borrows heavily
>>         from Rick's feedback on the CfC.
>>
>>         1. Name: "Touch Events" i.e. "Touch Events Community Group".
>>
>>         2. Group Description:
>>
>>         [[
>>         The Touch Events community group was formed by members of the
>>         Web Events Working Group (responsible for the Touch Events
>>         specification) and the Pointer Events Working Group
>>         (responsible for the Pointer Events spec). The group's focus
>>         is differences in touch event behavior between browsers. The
>>         group seeks to form consensus on the best approaches for
>>         interoperability outside of what's already standardized.
>>
>>         Among the topics in scope for this group:
>>
>>          * Defining how touch-action should be implemented in browsers
>>         that
>>            support touch events; see [1].
>>
>>          * Defining the "right" TouchEvent / PointerEvent interaction
>>         for both
>>            browsers and pointer event polyfills; see [2].
>>
>>          * Trying to form consensus on how exactly browsers should
>>         behave in
>>            sending touch events when scrolling stars (f.ex. see the
>>         following
>>            public-webevents thread [3]).
>>
>>          * Identifying other differences that exist between these 
>> events.
>>
>>          * Discussing problems web/framework developers have with the
>>         design of
>>            touch events; see [4].
>>
>>         Additionally, the group will define "mappings" between Touch
>>         Events and Pointer Events" (f.ex. see [5]). The group also
>>         expects to make proposals for potential future standards.
>>
>>         [1]
>> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CV2AXyrdPdGSRypAQcfGrgQVuWYi50EzTmVsMLWgRPM/>
>>         [2]
>> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Sasl1qYJV6agrDvGplEYlZznzc38U-TFN_3a67-nlSc/>
>>         [3]
>> <http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webevents/2013AprJun/0040.html>
>>         [4]
>> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/12-HPlSIF7-ISY8TQHtuQ3IqDi-isZVI0Yzv5zwl90VU/>
>>         [5] <
>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvdBn9Kvx22qdGRnRXNPb0ZBTUl3SEkwdUdtaW9pWWc&usp=sharing>
>>         ]]
>>
>>         3. Short name: "touchevents"; this will be used for things
>>         like the mail list name (e.g. public-touchevents) and the
>>         group's home page e.g. (w3.org/community/touchevents/
>>         <http://w3.org/community/touchevents/>).
>>
>>         Comments, corrections, alternate proposals as well as +1's for
>>         all of the above are welcome but please reply by October 25.
>>
>>         Note that after the CG is proposed, at least 4 other people
>>         with W3C accounts must register their support for the CG in
>>         order for it to be created. As such, I will notify this list
>>         and the public-pointerevents list after I submit the proposal.
>>
>>         Assuming the CG is created, the details of how the group
>>         actually operates (f.ex. if a `charter` is created or not),
>>         the group's scope, schedule, deliverables, work mode, etc. is
>>         left for the group to decide. (FWIW, my current expectation is
>>         that I will join the group and that  others will lead/chair
>>         the group.)
>>
>>
>>     Instead of covering just touch-pointer mappings, can we cover
>>     touch-pointer-mouse relations altogether? PE only covers
>>     pointer-mouse and TE only covers touch-mouse (non-normative).
>>
>>
>> Agreed, this is important (and really one of the trickiest points of 
>> touch/pointer interop).
>>
>>     Additionally it would be really awesome if we could cover how
>>     pseudo-pointers (key only navigation via spatial navigation and/or
>>     caret browsing, virtual mouse) should behave, since that's not
>>     covered/standardized anywhere and most of the compatibility event
>>     firing has been implemented based on ad-hoc testing.
>>
>>
>> I agree we should have a place to discuss that, but I'm worried that 
>> would broaden the scope of this group too far - potentially reducing 
>> it's value.  I'd prefer to keep this group scoped to issues that 
>> involve touch events in some form.
>>
>>     --     Sangwhan Moon [Opera Software ASA]
>>     Software Engineer | Tokyo, Japan
>>
>>
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