Easy Multi-touch Web Apps, Upgrade From Mouse to Pointer Events

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Building Multi-touch Web Apps can be a daunting task for any Web developer. Luckily the new W3C Pointer Event specification makes it seamless. This short tutorial provides a brief introduction to Pointer Events and then demonstrates how an app written for Mouse Events can be upgraded to a Multi-touch application simply by introducing Pointer Events.
[00:30] - Introduction to Pointer Events.
[03:00] - Upgrading of brick breaker app from mouse to pointers.
Additional Resources:
Pointer Events Specification
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/library/ie/hh673557.aspx


http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2011/09/20/touch-input-for-ie10-and-metro-style-apps.aspx
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