48 As WinRT object events, these are subject to the considerations in “WinRT Events and removeEventListener” in Chapter 3.

49 double-tap-zoom is not supported for Windows Store apps.

50 And while you might think this is the second longest JavaScript sample name in the Windows SDK, it actually gets only the bronze medal. The Unselectable content areas with -ms-user-select CSS attribute sample, as we’ve seen, gets the gold by seven characters. Using requestAnimationFrame for power efficient animations sample wins the silver by 4. I don’t mind such long names, however—I’m delighted that there we have such an extensive set of great samples to draw from!

51 That is, the civicAddress property might not be available or might be empty. An alternate means to obtain it is to use the Bing Maps API, specifically the MapAddress class, to convert coordinates into an address.

52 There is also the proximity sensor for near-field communications (NFC) that tells us when devices are near one another or make contact, but this is more a networking handshake than a sensor like the others. We’ll see this in Chapter 15, “Devices and Printing.”