Re: Merging CSS Shaders proposal into Filter Effects

On Tuesday, November 1, 2011, 1:18:10 AM, Tab wrote:

TAJ> Fragment shaders can do arbitrary pixel transformations.
TAJ> There is no way, even theoretically, to make pointing respond to that.
TAJ>  Some existing Filters *could* so so (like feOffset), but we've
TAJ> resolved to keep them consistent and have them not affect pointing.

I don't recall such a resolution. I do recall some discussions, which did not reach a conclusion, about whether it would make for more intuitive for users if mouse pointer picking was affected by feOffset (for example) so that what you *think* you are clicking on is what actually gets clicked.

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 Chris Lilley   Technical Director, Interaction Domain                 
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