Re: Comments on XBL 2.0 Revision 1.43

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?


> > | 5.7.4. Matching Pseudo-Elements
> > |
> > | ISSUE-W If the CSS parser does not support these pseudo elements, does
> > | the XBL User Agent need to support them?
> > 
> > I don't understand what the question means.
> 
> Lets say that UA A drops a selector like `foo bar::value` normally 
> because ::value isn't supported. Is is it required to add that support 
> for that pseudo-element because of XBL?

Yes. Added note for that.


> > | 7.3. Mouse Event Handler Filters
> > |
> > | ISSUE-Y Need to add a Device Independence disclaimer/warning about this
> > | functionality.
> > |
> > | 7.4. Key Event Handler Filters
> > |
> > | ISSUE-Z Need to add a Device Independence disclaimer/warning about this
> > | functionality.
> > |
> > | 7.7. Modifiers
> > |
> > | ISSUE-AA Need to add a Device Independence disclaimer/warning about
> > | this functionality.
> > |
> > | 7.10. Mouseover and Mouseout Events
> > |
> > | ISSUE-AB Need to add a Device Independence disclaimer/warning about
> > | this functionality.
> > 
> > I don't understand what is being requested here.
> 
> 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?

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