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Passive Event Listeners are only needed for touch/pointer events

Hi, I’m Anselm Hannemann, a freelance Frontend Developer and Engineering Manager. You can hire me. I wrote WDRL for 10 years and have a a Market Garden as a side-business.

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This link appeared in WDRL 146 on 22.07.2016.

Passive Event Listeners are only needed for touch/pointer events

Paul Irish left a note this week on Passive Event Listeners. Apparently, they’re only needed for touch and pointer-events and have no advantage when used in other cases.

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