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Why would you disable pinchzoom?
by kylelibra 13y ago
Why would you disable pinchzoom?
- krakensden 13y agoBecause you are a "mobile UX expert", which is the latin for "asshole".
- elwell 13y agoSlate is run by Microsoft; need I say more?
- tallanvor 13y agoI can't reply to elwell's comment directly, but Slate has not been a part of Microsoft since 2004.
- freehunter 13y agoUsually if you hit the "link" button above their comment, it will take you to a comment box.
- adrusi 13y agoit makes the page less sluggish. it's impossible to disable double tap zoom without disabling pinch zoom, and while double tap is enabled, browsers have to insert a tap delay. this is because every single tsp could be the beginning of a double tap, so the browser waits until 300ms after a single tap to respond to it. this delay isn't perceptible as a delay, but it does make the entire page feel less responsive. disabling zooming disables the delay and makes the page feel quick again. also disabling zooming makes it feel more like a native app, which some people like.
- Encosia 13y agoIt's easy enough to avoid the 300ms delay without breaking zoom. There are dozens of tiny libraries that fix this problem by intercepting touchdown events and immediately firing a click if there isn't a touchmove within a very short interval. So, double tap doesn't work, but pinch does and you get "tap" events with very little delay.
- coin 13y agoWhy would a text article webpage care about tap delay?