It’s not that we’re technically incapable, but adapting a phone UI to a tablet UI is not so dissimilar from trying to automatically adapt desktop UI to a phone. They are fundamentally different platforms with different usability considerations, and something that makes sense on phones may or may not belong on tablets. —Todd Anglin, Kendo UI http://www.kendoui.com/blogs/teamblog/posts/12-09-11/universal_mobile_apps_with_html5_and_kendo_ui.aspx
Higher precision with mouse means smaller targets possible Hover state Less precise than mouse and requires larger touch targets Typing easier for many No hover state Typing often more difficult
Higher precision with mouse means smaller targets possible Hover state Less precise than mouse and requires larger touch targets Typing easier for many No hover state Typing often more difficult Right clicking and “power” tools Single and multi-touch gestures
Whatever you may think, it currently isn't possible to reliably detect whether or not the current device has a touchscreen, from within the browser. —Stu Cox, You Can’t Reliably Detect a Touch Screen http://www.stucox.com/blog/you-cant-detect-a-touchscreen/
Chrome has entertained idea of enabling touch by default. https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=159527 https://docs.google.com/a/cloudfour.com/presentation/d/1-n1qyzewpagREbzW2zm0wOalq33UhbtbSkWf9mEdly8/ edit#slide=id.gc2d80e5b_171
After poking at this problem for a few weeks, my conclusion is: every desktop UI should be designed for touch now. When any desktop machine could have a touch interface, we have to proceed as if they all do. —Josh Clark http://globalmoxie.com/blog/desktop-touch-design.shtml
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