- From: Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 07:51:52 -0400
- To: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>
- CC: "www-dom@w3.org" <www-dom@w3.org>
Hi, Anne- Anne van Kesteren wrote (on 9/10/10 7:17 AM): > On Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:09:38 +0200, Web Applications Working Group Issue > Tracker <sysbot+tracker@w3.org> wrote: >> 'mousewheel' was later dropped based on feedback from implementers >> (Mozilla, Microsoft), who expressed a reluctance to implement >> 'mousewheel', and a lack of useful interoperability and concern that >> any change to improve interop would likely break a number of sites. >> >> However, the group may wish to consider adding it again, see: >> * http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-dom/2010JulSep/0103.html > > Are you saying Internet Explorer no longer supports the mousewheel > event? The reason Opera / Chrome / Safari support the event is because > Internet Explorer has it too and is needed for compatibility. Mozilla > indeed does not have it, but they have DOMMouseScroll or some such. I'm not making any claims about who will or won't support mousewheel. I'm just trying to state what I recall of the rationale for removing it from DOM3 Events. I don't feel terribly strongly about it either way, in any case. See also my reply on the thread on www-dom: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-dom/2010JulSep/0126.html Regards- -Doug Schepers W3C Team Contact, SVG and WebApps WGs
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