Re: Comments on XBL 2.0 Revision 1.43

On Wed, 31 May 2006 23:45:04 +0200, Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> wrote:

> On Thu, 18 May 2006, Anne van Kesteren wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 18 May 2006 01:33:14 +0200, Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> wrote:
>> > | 5.7.3. The :-xbl-bound-element Pseudo-Class
>> > |
>> > | ISSUE-V Should add a forward reference to section 5.10.
>> >
>> > Why?
>>
>> Because that section explains the "loop effect" with :-xbl-bound-element
>> and :-xbl-binding...
>
> I don't see anything in section 5.10 that mentions :-xbl-bound-element.  
> Am I missing something?

Check the last two paragraphs. They talk about loops (:hover is one  
example). This applies to :-xbl-bound-element and -xbl-binding as well.


>> The basic problem is that listening for specific events is not
>> guarenteed to work cross-platform given that some devices might not
>> dispatch certain events, like some of the mouse events...
>
> Sure, but why is that XBL2's problem?

Well, the problem applies to more than XBL, fair enough, but pointing such  
things out to authors might benefit. Those notes don't have to be  
normative or anything...


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Anne van Kesteren
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Received on Thursday, 1 June 2006 14:37:01 UTC