[webkit-dev] MS Open Tech - Initial Prototype of Pointer Events

[Antonio Gomes]

Please read this:
http://lists.webkit.org/pipermail/webkit-dev/2012-November/022949.html
On Dec 19, 2012 4:45 AM, "Kenneth Rohde Christiansen" <
kenneth.christiansen at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> First of all I want to say that it is great that Microsoft are
> contributing towards WebKit and I want to congratulating you with the
> new MS Open Tech organization.
>
> The best way to provide feedback on a spec like this is through the
> W3C, and the best way to provide feedback on the code itself is
> through a patch on WebKit bugzilla. Our web site explains very well
> how to contribute code to WebKit and you should have a look. When
> adding new features we usually announce it on webkit-dev to see if
> people are generally interested in the feature. I would say that you
> have already done so with this email. Whether people are interested or
> not, I would suggest creating a bug and uploading your code so that
> anyone interested can give you some initial feedback on your work so
> far.
>
> Good luck and welcome
>
> Kenneth
>
> On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 2:07 AM, Scott Blomquist (MS OPEN TECH)
> <sblom at microsoft.com> wrote:
> > We are part of the engineering team of Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc.
> (MS Open Tech, a Microsoft subsidiary; see our initial announcement at
> http://aka.ms/introMSOpenTech). We have developed an initial proof of
> concept of a WebKit implementation of the Pointer Events W3C Working Draft (
> http://www.w3.org/TR/pointerevents/). It is based on a proposal that
> Microsoft initially submitted to the W3C. You can find more details in our
> blog post at http://aka.ms/PointerEventsWebkitPrototypeBlog.
> >
> > Right now, this is only a very early proof of concept that implements
> selected mouse and touch events. You can find the code as a WebKit patch on
> our HTML5 Labs website here: http://aka.ms/PointerEventsWebkitPrototype.
> We would love to have some feedback on the code, work with the WebKit
> community on a complete implementation of whatever final spec will be
> defined by the W3C Pointer Events WG and if the community is interested in
> our contribution get some advice on how/when to submit this patch to the
> main WebKit trunk.
> >
> > (For those wondering why we are doing this, we are obviously interested
> in moving forward existing and new input types on the open web and, as the
> spec evolves, maintain interoperability between WebKit and Internet
> Explorer.)
> >
> > --
> > Scott Blomquist
> > Senior Development Engineer
> > Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc.
> > A subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation
> >
> > Adalberto Foresti
> > Principal Program Manager
> > Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc.
> > A subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation
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>
>
>
> --
> Kenneth Rohde Christiansen
> Senior Engineer, WebKit, Qt, EFL, Intel Corporation
> Phone  +45 4093 0598 / E-mail kenneth at webkit.org
>
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