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[mediaqueries-4] Move 'pointer'/'hover' note, reword "can potentially" to "should strongly consider" #2470

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[mediaqueries-4] Move 'pointer'/'hover' note, reword "can potentially" to "should strongly consider" #2470

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15 changes: 8 additions & 7 deletions mediaqueries-4/Overview.bs
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Expand Up @@ -1752,7 +1752,14 @@ Note: the '@media/hover', '@media/any-hover', '@media/pointer', and '@media/any-
or the complete absence, of pointing devices,
and can not be used to detect the presence of non-pointing device input mechanisms such as keyboards.
Authors should take into account the potential presence of non-pointing device inputs,
regardless of which values are matched when querying these features.
regardless of which values are matched when querying these features.

<div class="note">
While 'pointer' and 'hover' can be used to design the main style and interaction
mode of the page to suit the primary input mechanism (based on the characteristics, or complete absence,
of the primary pointing device), authors should strongly consider using 'any-pointer' and 'any-hover'
to take into account all possible types of pointing devices that have been detected.
</div>

<h3 id="pointer">
Pointing Device Quality: the 'pointer' feature</h3>
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</div>

<div class="note">
While 'pointer' and 'hover' can be used to design the main style and interaction
mode of the page to suit the primary input mechanism (based on the characteristics, or complete absence,
of the primary pointing device), 'any-pointer' and 'any-hover'
can be used to potentially take into account all possible types of pointing devices
that have been detected.

Designing a page that relies on hovering or accurate pointing
only because 'any-hover' or 'any-pointer' indicate that at least one of the available
input mechanisms has these capabilities is likely to result in a poor experience.
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