- From: Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2023 15:40:35 +0000
- To: "public-pointer-events@w3.org" <public-pointer-events@w3.org>
- Cc: "Kostiainen, Anssi" <anssi.kostiainen@intel.com>, "Menard, Alexis" <alexis.menard@intel.com>
Hey all, after I managed to miss this original email from Alexis, we've had a chat off-list. Alexis is going to join next week's PEWG meeting to present the proposed new API and hopefully get some initial feedback. Cheers, Patrick On 02/02/2023 17:52, Menard, Alexis wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I’m reaching out to get some feedback on an API proposal that we (Intel) > would like to add to the web platform. Pointer Events do not have a CG > or incubation group so I decided to post in WICG. In case you have not > seen it here is the link : > https://discourse.wicg.io/t/proposal-pen-customizations-api/6083 > <https://discourse.wicg.io/t/proposal-pen-customizations-api/6083>. > > In short it’s a new API to leverage some of the new capabilities of some > pens that have been on the market for quite some time already. I will > not go too much in details in this email since we have put an explainer > over here : https://github.com/darktears/pen-customizations > <https://github.com/darktears/pen-customizations> > > We are super open to feedback especially for the API shape, permissions, > etc. None is set in stone and I’ll be happy to answer questions here or > in the WICG forum post. > > It’s a rather niche feature but it is useful for who needs it, for > example artists and drawing applications. We have already few interests > from some developers. A video is better than thousands of words so take > a look at this video for the main use cases (with sound) : > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_wQm3dPpqI > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_wQm3dPpqI> > > Provided that there is interest we would like to move this forward in > the standardization track at some point in the future. > > Thanks. > -- Patrick H. Lauke https://www.splintered.co.uk/ | https://github.com/patrickhlauke https://flickr.com/photos/redux/ | https://www.deviantart.com/redux twitter: @patrick_h_lauke | skype: patrick_h_lauke
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