Re:Hammer.js: Add touch gestures to your page
by mrweasel on Wednesday June 03, 2015 @06:38AM
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I don't think it works, at all, if the OS uses the gestures. The demo page does nothing on my Mac with a trackpad.
Gestures are tricky thing to use on a web page, because you have almost zero discoverability. It works in Mac OS X, because you can choose to not use the features and slowly learn them over time, through guides in the OS. Still, even on the Mac you sometimes get surprised when you accidentally trigger a gesture.
Many have be fans an proponents of gestures since the time Opera introduced mouse gestures. Personally the swiping between workspaces on the Mac is pretty much the gesture I think works.
Gestures are tricky thing to use on a web page, because you have almost zero discoverability. It works in Mac OS X, because you can choose to not use the features and slowly learn them over time, through guides in the OS. Still, even on the Mac you sometimes get surprised when you accidentally trigger a gesture.
Many have be fans an proponents of gestures since the time Opera introduced mouse gestures. Personally the swiping between workspaces on the Mac is pretty much the gesture I think works.