Tag Archives : touch events May 2012

  • Conditional Resources

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    So you wanna conditionally load assets for your web app? Do you load them based on @media queries (device size, screen width, pixel density etc.) or based on touch events? Are we detecting “touch device” or are we asking “supports touch events”? Which touch events are we looking for? With so many different capabilities across the device spectrum, and with the advancement of touch capabilities ( or lack thereof ), touch will no longer mean “mobile.” For instance, the new version of Windows 8 will now incorporate a touch interface so it’s now more disastrous than ever before to assume “touch” means “mobile” or “no touch” means “desktop.”

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  • Touch Events for iOS

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    Since we geeky Web Designers have become wise to the mobile era, we might as well become familiar with the handling of touch events –and by that I refer to touch events for iOS. What is a Touch Event? Well, when a touch event(i.e. a gesture or touching the screen with your finger) is detected by the event listener,

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