> You seem to have missed the part of my comment that said "since IE6" IIRC the pointer events specification[1] came from Microsoft and is implemented in Chrom

> You seem to have missed the part of my comment that said "since IE6" IIRC the pointer events specification[1] came from Microsoft and is implemented in Chrome and Firefox (just checked and found setPointerCapture in devTools-- yay). It allows developers to use a unified approach that can work for various pointer devices. I can confirm it does just that in Chrome and am waiting to hear back from someone who will test it with multi-touch on a surface pro. That API was released well after IE6. [1] https://www.w3.org/TR/pointerevents/ https://www.w3.org/TR/pointerevents/