Touchscreen Device Events

As Web access shifts ever more from desktops and laptops to mobile phones and tablets, HTML 5 is also continuing to adapt with changes in interaction handling. When Apple introduced the iPhone, it also introduced into its browser a set of special events that could be used to handle multitouch inputs and device rotation. Although these events have not yet been standardized, they are being picked up by other vendors of mobile devices. 


Learning them today will allow you to optimize your web applications for the most popular devices now.