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Bug 22891 - Mechanism to differentiate pointer input from multiple users/devices missing
Summary: Mechanism to differentiate pointer input from multiple users/devices missing
Status: RESOLVED MOVED
Alias: None
Product: WebAppsWG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: HISTORICAL - UI Events (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All All
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Gary Kacmarcik
QA Contact: public-webapps-bugzilla
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Reported: 2013-08-06 14:32 UTC by Sangwhan Moon
Modified: 2015-10-06 22:51 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Description Sangwhan Moon 2013-08-06 14:32:03 UTC 
The standard currently does not provide a reliable way to determine multiple users inputting with multiple devices, as all the pointers will be generated in one flat queue with no mechanism to differentiate the source.

As a directly affected use case, gaming consoles will not be able to make use of pointer events without proprietary hacks or extensions.
Comment 1 Arthur Barstow 2013-09-10 16:58:45 UTC 
The Pointer Events WG discussed this bug on 10-Sep-2013 and the minutes from that discussion are <http://www.w3.org/2013/09/10-pointerevents-minutes.html#item05>.
Comment 2 Arthur Barstow 2013-09-11 11:08:25 UTC 
Moving this to WebApps' UI Events spec per resolution of the Pointer Events WG (PEWG) on 10-Sep-2013 (URI below). 

SeeAlso: PEWG's UCs and requirements doc <http://www.w3.org/wiki/PointerEvents/UseCasesAndRequirements>
Comment 3 Gary Kacmarcik 2015-10-06 22:51:17 UTC 
Now tracking as: https://github.com/w3c/uievents/issues/16