Re: viewport/browser window size does not imply presence/lack of touch input...

>  there's always the option ... of offering users an actual choice to
switch between different sizes.

​I think the "Equivalent"​ exception allows that. No?

​> ​
There are large laptop/desktop-size touch displays.

I
​ would assume these would have larger targets if everything is bigger,
which mitigates any negative consequences of them being exempted.


>
CSS 4 Interaction MQs, JavaScript based approaches

How mature is this technology? I'm ok with it if it actually works ...

... almost every site these days has breakpoints,
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On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 2:07 PM, Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk>
wrote:

> On 16/01/2018 18:12, Michael Gower wrote:
> [...]
>
>> 1. Proposals for 1.3.4
>>
>
> From the minutes, I see that the old idea that viewport/browser window
> size can be used as a proxy for determining whether or not a touch input is
> present or not.
>
> This is a rough generalisation. There are large laptop/desktop-size touch
> displays.
>
> If we're already talking about using CSS, a more appropriate media query
> (other than viewport width) would be CSS4 Interaction Media Queries. Or
> more generally, instead of excluding/exempting based on viewport size,
> exempting based on "unless no touchscreen or coarse pointer was detected"
> with appropriate techniques (CSS 4 Interaction MQs, JavaScript based
> approaches); also, there's always the option (mentioned many times before)
> of offering users an actual choice to switch between different sizes.
>
> P
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