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

[Emil Uzelac]

wrong link:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsphone/develop/ff402563(v=vs.105).aspx


On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 6:31 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:

> 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.
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> On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 6:23 PM, Bruce Wampler <weavertheme at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> 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
>>
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>> On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 4:50 PM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
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>>> 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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