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

[Daniel]

Does this same issue crop up in firefox on a touch screen computer? It
can't just be RT devices right? Anything that got a touchscreen will
have the same issue right?





On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 9:33 AM, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:
> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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