Re: Pointer Events finalized, but Apple/Google say no

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On 2015-02-28, RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
> From the «pointing at you with one middle finger» department:
> Title: Pointer Events finalised; Apple, Google refuse to support it
> Author: Thom Holwerda
> Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 11:05:11 -0500
> Link: http://osnews.com/story/28340/Pointer_Events_finalised_Apple_Google_refuse_to_support_it
>
> But here's the current reality, one that has been accurate for awhile. Apple
> has a very, very strong influence over what standards get adopted and what
> standards do not. Partly it's market share, partly it's developer bias (see,
> for example, how other vendors eventually felt forced to start supporting the
> webkit prefix due to vendor prefix abuse). Apple simply does not play well with
> other vendors when it comes to standardization. The same sort of things we once
> criticized Microsoft for doing long ago, we give Apple a pass on today. 

Well, "you" might, but I don't! Apple & Microsoft are just opposite sides of
the same coin.

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Pointer Events finalized, but Apple/Google say no RS Wood  <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2015-02-28 21:15 +0000
  Re: Pointer Events finalized, but Apple/Google say no Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-02-28 22:57 +0000
  Re: Pointer Events finalized, but Apple/Google say no Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-03-01 11:18 +0000

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