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Hover is not possible on touch devices. From 5 possible interactions (left click, right click, left doubleclick, right double click, hover), we've gone to 2 (sh
by nileshtrivedi 11y ago
Hover is not possible on touch devices. From 5 possible interactions (left click, right click, left doubleclick, right double click, hover), we've gone to 2 (short press, long press). On the other hand, we have acquired gestures like pinch-zoom, so it may not be a big loss.
- arikrak 11y agoMacbooks and other laptops provide pinch-zoom and other gestures. Maybe phones and tablets could detect a very light touch as hover?
- tangue 11y agoHigh-end Samsung Galaxy phones have a kind of hover effect (called "air-view") through an infrared sensor, so it's quite possible that in the future this could become a common feature.