Re: ACTION-27: Propose text re the "spec's positioning" (see LC comment from Alex Russell)

This looks good to me. Is "option section" supposed to be "optional
section"?


On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 8:54 PM, Jacob Rossi <Jacob.Rossi@microsoft.com>wrote:

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> In our March 12 call, we decided we should add some non-normative text to
> clarify the spec’s positioning [1]. Here’s my proposed text:****
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> While Pointer Events are sourced from a variety of input devices, they are
> not defined as being generated from some other set of device-specific
> events. While possible and encouraged for compatibility, this spec does not
> require other device-specific events be supported (e.g. mouse events, touch
> events, etc.).  A user agent could support pointer events without
> supporting any other device events. For compatibility with content written
> to mouse-specific events, this specification does provide an option section
> describing how to generate compatibility mouse events based on pointer
> input from devices other than a mouse.****
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> Feel free to give suggested tweaks. This text would be for the informative
> introduction.****
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> -Jacob****
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