[theme-reviewers] Windows 8/RT + IE10 Drop Down Menu Solution?

[Emil Uzelac]

Try http://dev.windowsphone.com/en-us/downloadsdk
just like everything else Microsoft does not make things
easier for us and always requires special treatments.




On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 6:23 PM, Bruce Wampler <weavertheme at gmail.com>wrote:

> Sorry, I could have been a bit more explicit.
>
> 1. This problem applies explicitly to Windows 8 devices using IE10. Even
> more explicitly, to Windows 8/RT tablets and Windows 8 Phones in full
> screen display (probably drop-down list based mobile menus will work in
> responsive mode). Mostly what happens is the user can't tap on the top
> level menu and get the drop-down sub-menu to open properly. It is an issue
> with the way :hover is handled. Webkit and other mobile/touch browsers fake
> things out by making touches  behave like mouse gestures, but IE 10 insists
> on using the 'aria' standard.
>
>
> 2. I don't know, but I suspect even Twenty Thirteen will break on Win
> RT/IE 10 tablets.  Microsoft has a touch simulator which will simulate
> touch gestures on a desktop, but it apparently is not quite 100%. Twenty
> Thirteen does work on the Win8 simulator, but then, so does my theme. But
> my users with real devices say that it does not on a physical tablet with
> Win RT. CSS drop-down menus apparently will work mostly in the simulator,
> as they might on hybrid touch screen Win8 based laptops. But this problem
> is exclusively Win 8/RT with IE10, and new, but slowly growing combination
> - probably less than 2% right now.
>
> 3. So this is apparently restricted to Windows 8 Phones and Windows RT
> tablets and IE 10. Apparently, Microsoft is not allowing implementations of
> Firefox, Chrome, or other browsers on Win8 phones, so if Win8 phones ever
> get any sizable market, this problem will grow. And currently, many major
> sites such as WalMart.com and others fail on these devices. So, there is
> some speculation that Microsoft will eventually retreat from their stand,
> and add the same kind of touch/mouse simulation code found in Webkit and
> others.
>
> - Bruce Wampler
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 4:50 PM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
>
>> Can you be more specific about what the exact problem is? Does it
>> happen in Twenty Thirteen's menus?
>>
>> I don't have Win8, and so can't test, but I've seen no issues with IE10
>> on Win7.
>>
>> -Otto
>>
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