Microsoft's "Pointer Events" Will Now Be Incorporated Into Google Chrome

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In what seems a strange turnaround, Microsoft's web standard, "Pointer Events" for mouse and touchscreen compatibility is now going to be incorporated into Chrome.

A decade ago, Microsoft was the laughingstock of the Web: its browser was old, insecure and slow, and the company didn't even bother with a browser group trying to advance what the Web could do.

My, how things have changed.

Microsoft on Wednesday scored a victory in the Web world: Google reversed its 2014 decision against against a Web standard called Pointer Events that Microsoft created and championed.

What changed Google's mind? Support from the very Web developers who'd shunned Microsoft in the past.

"Thanks for all the feedback, everyone. We've heard it loud and clear and are working on a plan to hopefully allow us to ship Pointer Events in Chrome," Google Chrome team member Rick Byers said in a note on the browser's issue tracker. Microsoft's "Pointer Events" Will Now Be Incorporated Into Google Chrome [cnet.com]