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Re:Blink won’t implement pointer events by underwater on Friday August 15, 2014 @12:54PM (#8183038)
I hadn't heard of the performance implications of pointer events before. In my experience Internet Explorer is actually really incredible when it comes to touch performance.

If you have a touch-enabled Windows device, open up t.msn.com and try swiping through the carousel. It's powered by -ms-scroll-snap-points and feels really good - even on mobile devices. It beats hand-rolled JavaScript scrolling implementations hands down.

As a developer, being able to add `pointer-events: none` to CSS is amazing when compared to adding and removing touch event listeners in iOS to avoid blocking the so the scroll thread.

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Re:Blink won’t implement pointer events by robin_reala on Friday August 15, 2014 @12:59PM (#8183066)
For what it’s worth pointer-events:none; is a completely different thing: it’s cribbed from SVG and has nothing to do with MS’s spec.
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Re:Blink won’t implement pointer events by jaffathecake on Friday August 15, 2014 @01:05PM (#8183086)
Yep, -ms-scroll-snap-points is also a different thing.
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