- From: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 14:24:41 -0800
- To: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Cc: Matthew Raymond <mattraymond@earthlink.net>, Web APIs WG <public-webapi@w3.org>
On Feb 24, 2006, at 2:12 PM, Ian Hickson wrote: > > On Fri, 24 Feb 2006, Matthew Raymond wrote: >> >> IE uses the highly device-specific name "onmousewheel". (Will just >> "mousewheel" work in IE?) Near as I can tell, Safari supports the IE >> name. I can't find any information about what Opera supports. > > Names are opaque, it's the definition that matters. Don't forget > that most > people using this API won't even have English as their first > language; to > them it doesn't matter if it's mousewheel, mousescroll, or > guitarjumping. > > The event 'mousewheel' is the only logical choice, since it's what has > been most widely implemented. I think a good name matters somewhat. But 'mousewheel', even if imperfect, is at least a decent name. And it is already widely implemented, which is a greater benefit than a slightly improved name. So I agree with Ian that we should stick with 'mousehweel'. Regards, Maciej
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