diff --git a/js/views/sliderView.js b/js/views/sliderView.js
index 2c57c8291a6..ae6cdded34f 100644
--- a/js/views/sliderView.js
+++ b/js/views/sliderView.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
  *
  * Brad Birdsall
  * Copyright 2013, MIT License
- *
 */
 
 (function(ionic) {
@@ -12,7 +11,26 @@
 ionic.views.Slider = ionic.views.View.inherit({
   initialize: function (options) {
     var slider = this;
-
+	
+	var touchStartEvent, touchMoveEvent, touchEndEvent;
+	if (window.navigator.pointerEnabled) {		
+		touchStartEvent = 'pointerdown';
+		touchMoveEvent = 'pointermove';
+		touchEndEvent = 'pointerup';
+    } else if (window.navigator.msPointerEnabled) {
+		touchStartEvent = 'MSPointerDown';
+		touchMoveEvent = 'MSPointerMove';
+		touchEndEvent = 'MSPointerUp';
+	} else {
+		touchStartEvent = 'touchstart';
+		touchMoveEvent = 'touchmove';
+		touchEndEvent = 'touchend';
+	}
+	
+	var mouseStartEvent = 'mousedown';
+	var mouseMoveEvent = 'mousemove';
+	var mouseEndEvent = 'mouseup';
+	
     // utilities
     var noop = function() {}; // simple no operation function
     var offloadFn = function(fn) { setTimeout(fn || noop, 0); }; // offload a functions execution
@@ -20,7 +38,6 @@ ionic.views.Slider = ionic.views.View.inherit({
     // check browser capabilities
     var browser = {
       addEventListener: !!window.addEventListener,
-      touch: ('ontouchstart' in window) || window.DocumentTouch && document instanceof DocumentTouch,
       transitions: (function(temp) {
         var props = ['transitionProperty', 'WebkitTransition', 'MozTransition', 'OTransition', 'msTransition'];
         for ( var i in props ) if (temp.style[ props[i] ] !== undefined) return true;
@@ -251,7 +268,7 @@ ionic.views.Slider = ionic.views.View.inherit({
     var events = {
 
       handleEvent: function(event) {
-        if(event.type == 'mousedown' || event.type == 'mouseup' || event.type == 'mousemove') {
+        if(!event.touches && event.pageX && event.pageY) {
           event.touches = [{
             pageX: event.pageX,
             pageY: event.pageY
@@ -259,12 +276,12 @@ ionic.views.Slider = ionic.views.View.inherit({
         }
 
         switch (event.type) {
-          case 'mousedown': this.start(event); break;
-          case 'touchstart': this.start(event); break;
-          case 'touchmove': this.touchmove(event); break;
-          case 'mousemove': this.touchmove(event); break;
-          case 'touchend': offloadFn(this.end(event)); break;
-          case 'mouseup': offloadFn(this.end(event)); break;
+          case touchStartEvent: this.start(event); break;
+		  case mouseStartEvent: this.start(event); break;
+          case touchMoveEvent: this.touchmove(event); break;
+		  case mouseMoveEvent: this.touchmove(event); break;
+          case touchEndEvent: offloadFn(this.end(event)); break;
+		  case mouseEndEvent: offloadFn(this.end(event)); break;
           case 'webkitTransitionEnd':
           case 'msTransitionEnd':
           case 'oTransitionEnd':
@@ -299,14 +316,14 @@ ionic.views.Slider = ionic.views.View.inherit({
         delta = {};
 
         // attach touchmove and touchend listeners
-        if(browser.touch) {
-          element.addEventListener('touchmove', this, false);
-          element.addEventListener('touchend', this, false);
-        } else {
-          element.addEventListener('mousemove', this, false);
-          element.addEventListener('mouseup', this, false);
-          document.addEventListener('mouseup', this, false);
-        }
+		element.addEventListener(touchMoveEvent, this, false);
+		element.addEventListener(mouseMoveEvent, this, false);
+		
+		element.addEventListener(touchEndEvent, this, false);
+		element.addEventListener(mouseEndEvent, this, false);
+		
+		document.addEventListener(touchEndEvent, this, false);
+		document.addEventListener(mouseEndEvent, this, false);
       },
       touchmove: function(event) {
 
@@ -448,15 +465,15 @@ ionic.views.Slider = ionic.views.View.inherit({
         }
 
         // kill touchmove and touchend event listeners until touchstart called again
-        if(browser.touch) {
-          element.removeEventListener('touchmove', events, false);
-          element.removeEventListener('touchend', events, false);
-        } else {
-          element.removeEventListener('mousemove', events, false);
-          element.removeEventListener('mouseup', events, false);
-          document.removeEventListener('mouseup', events, false);
-        }
-
+		element.removeEventListener(touchMoveEvent, events, false);
+		element.removeEventListener(mouseMoveEvent, events, false);
+		
+		element.removeEventListener(touchEndEvent, events, false);
+		element.removeEventListener(mouseEndEvent, events, false);
+		
+		document.removeEventListener(touchEndEvent, events, false);
+		document.removeEventListener(mouseEndEvent, events, false);
+		
         options.onDragEnd && options.onDragEnd();
       },
       transitionEnd: function(event) {
@@ -557,7 +574,8 @@ ionic.views.Slider = ionic.views.View.inherit({
       if (browser.addEventListener) {
 
         // remove current event listeners
-        element.removeEventListener('touchstart', events, false);
+        element.removeEventListener(touchStartEvent, events, false);
+        element.removeEventListener(mouseStartEvent, events, false);
         element.removeEventListener('webkitTransitionEnd', events, false);
         element.removeEventListener('msTransitionEnd', events, false);
         element.removeEventListener('oTransitionEnd', events, false);
@@ -585,11 +603,8 @@ ionic.views.Slider = ionic.views.View.inherit({
       if (browser.addEventListener) {
 
         // set touchstart event on element
-        if (browser.touch) {
-          element.addEventListener('touchstart', events, false);
-        } else {
-          element.addEventListener('mousedown', events, false);
-        }
+		element.addEventListener(touchStartEvent, events, false);
+		element.addEventListener(mouseStartEvent, events, false);
 
         if (browser.transitions) {
           element.addEventListener('webkitTransitionEnd', events, false);