What are the milestones for deprecation and removal? Also does this have a status entry? I can't find one. Joe Medley | Technical Writer, Chrome DevRel | [email protected] | 816-678-7195 *If an API's not documented it doesn't exist.*
On Thu, Jun 9, 2022 at 9:11 AM Mehdi Kazemi <[email protected]> wrote: > Contact emails > > > *[email protected] <[email protected]>,[email protected] > <[email protected]>,[email protected] > <[email protected]>*Explainer > > > *None*Specification > > None. Not a standard feature. > > Summary > > Gesture Scroll DOM events, namely “gesturescrollstart”, > “gesturescrollupdate” and “gesturescrollend” are non-standard APIs, which > were added to Blink for use in plugins, but it appears they were also > exposed to the web unintentionally. Plugins are no longer web-exposed since > the deprecation of Google Native Client (NaCl). > > WebKit Bug: https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92281 > > Changelog: > https://bugs.webkit.org/attachment.cgi?id=155046&action=prettypatch > > Motivation > > Currently, this API doesn’t work in all situations. It only works when > there is a *non-composited scroller*. These events are related to > compositing state, and compositing state is not meant to have observable > behavior impact and in Blink will vary depending on display type and other > factors. > > > Blink component > > Blink>Scroll > <https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/list?q=component%3ABlink%3EScroll&can=2> > > > TAG review > > > TAG review status > > Not applicable > > > Risks > > No other engine supports these events, so we do not expect > interoperability issues. > > As for compatibility, usage data from Canary, Dev and Beta channels show > that usage is very low, around 0.000015% (gesturescrollstart > <https://chromestatus.com/metrics/feature/timeline/popularity/4220> > gesturescrollupdate > <https://chromestatus.com/metrics/feature/timeline/popularity/4221> > gesturescrollend > <https://chromestatus.com/metrics/feature/timeline/popularity/4222>). For > this reason we would like to just remove it, without any deprecation period. > > > Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests > <https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/docs/testing/web_platform_tests.md> > ? > > No > > > Requires code in //chrome? > > False > > > Tracking bug > > https://crbug.com/1293994 > <https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1293994> > > > Estimated milestones > > No milestones specified > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "blink-dev" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CAASN_%3DmnFnKhp7WQNYiVztF%3Dhr1jpzSTo1x02nXZtysnO2GUMQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CAASN_%3DmnFnKhp7WQNYiVztF%3Dhr1jpzSTo1x02nXZtysnO2GUMQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "blink-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CAJUhtG9MXmxQSb20Egk9ZiszphThV2hTo-7FATKhugYG4ZrqFQ%40mail.gmail.com.
