Pointer events is a new standard which Microsoft initiated at first and later_developed by the W3C to define a_unified device input model – pen, mouse_and touch – across multiple browsers. Pointer Events makes it easier to support a variety of browsers and devices by saving Web developers from writing unique code for each input type. To demonstrate cross browser interoperability for Pointer Events, Microsoft contributed_patches to Blink and Mozilla browser engines, and_developed_interoperability prototypes, including_a Pointer Events prototype for WebKit. Also, Pointer Events was well received by the web community._Few weeks back, Chrome team posted that they are planning to drop Pointer Events support in Chrome citing some lame reasons. Read about it here. There is a huge discussion going on regarding this removal of support from Chrome. In response to Google engineer’s argument, Microsoft’s engineer posted the below statement. He reaffirmed that to help make this happen for web developers in an open and interoperable way, Microsoft is even ready share internal design docs, architecture diagrams, testing methodologies, and even...

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