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Reword the note about pointer/hover vs any-*
Change the emphasis of the note, away from making the `any-*` features sound like a nice-to-have, and more towards aknowledging that these can be useful in making a page/app adapt better/preemptively to all available input methods.
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or there are no pointing devices at all.
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<div class="note">
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These two media features are best suited to provide refinements over 'hover' and 'pointer',
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and it is rarely appropriate to use them
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without having first designed the main style and interaction mode of the page
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to suit the primary input mechanism.
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Once that has been taken into account, 'any-hover' and 'any-pointer' can be used
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to see if some extra conveniences or non essential controls
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can be offered to users who have additional ways to interact.
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While 'pointer' and 'hover' can be used to design the main style and interaction
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mode of the page to suit the primary input mechanism, 'any-pointer' and 'any-hover'
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can be used to potentially take into account all possible types of pointers
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that have been detected.
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Designing a page that relies on hovering or accurate pointing
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only because 'any-hover' or 'any-pointer' indicate that an input mechanism with these capabilities is available,
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is likely to result in a poor experience.
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only because 'any-hover' or 'any-pointer' indicate that at least one of the available
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input mechanisms has these capabilities is likely to result in a poor experience.
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However, authors may use this information to inform their decision about the style and
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functionality they wish to provide based on additional input mechanisms that
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are available to the user.
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</div>
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<div class="example">

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