- From: Alex Russell <slightlyoff@google.com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 21:22:11 -0700
- To: Rick Byers <rbyers@google.com>
- Cc: Jacob Rossi <Jacob.Rossi@microsoft.com>, "public-pointer-events@w3.org" <public-pointer-events@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <CANr5HFUNd+BqeQ9mftoSU3ACCpv8whT+ha9Ot59kSiJBxngu1w@mail.gmail.com>
Great stuff. Excited to see it in the wild. On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 7:42 PM, Rick Byers <rbyers@google.com> wrote: > Wow, this is great Jacob - thanks! > Rick > On Sep 9, 2013 9:36 PM, "Jacob Rossi" <Jacob.Rossi@microsoft.com> wrote: > >> Hi folks,**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Microsoft announced today the availability of the RTM build of Windows >> 8.1, which includes Internet Explorer 11, to TechNet and MSDN developer >> subscribers [1]. If you’re not a subscriber, then you’ll need to wait for >> the General Availability of Windows 8.1 on October 18.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> You’ll find that this RTM version of Internet Explorer supports >> unprefixed Pointer Event APIs based on the Candidate Recommendation spec >> (with the exception being the PointerEvent constructor). **** >> >> ** ** >> >> As a design choice (balancing pragmatic engineering, compatibility, and >> developer experience), we’re not fully preserving the old MSPointer* event >> behavior side by side with pointer* events. Of note:**** >> >> ** ** >> >> -Code registering for MSPointer* events will be silently registered for >> pointer* events (so event.type will return the unprefixed name) and get the >> CR spec behavior**** >> >> -When a given element has both touch-action and -ms-touch-action rules >> specified, the touch-action rule will always win (regardless of their >> respective specificities)**** >> >> -For any major compat issues with the above 2 points (as with the rest of >> the IE platform), sites may opt in to the IE10 Document Mode to get the >> full IE10 MSPointer* behavior [2]**** >> >> ** ** >> >> We already are and will continue proactively working with early adopters >> of pointer events to get them to update to the unprefixed APIs and CR >> behavior. Let me know ASAP if you believe you’re seeing issues in the IE11 >> RTM behavior.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> -Jacob**** >> >> ** ** >> >> [1] >> http://blogs.msdn.com/b/stevengu/archive/2013/09/09/download-windows-8-1-rtm-visual-studio-2013-rc-and-windows-server-2012-r2-rtm-today.aspx >> **** >> >> [2] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj676915(v=vs.85).aspx **** >> >
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