Getting all touchy feely with the mobile web – Andrew Fisher
Andrew Fisher gets all touchy feely with the mobile web. See below for full session description and more resources.
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This presentation was recorded at Web Directions Code in Melbourne on May 23 2012.
Session description
As the majority of web users shift to touch devices, the expectation is becoming that everything becomes touchable — including the mobile web. This session will provide a practical and pragmatic view of where touch is at from a web standards perspective and how you can start weaving touch interactions into your mobile web applications.
Resources from this presentation
- Presentation slides
- W3C spec
- HTML Rocks Touch
- Big list of touch stuff
- Demo code
- Touch patent issues
- Touch Events Patent Advisory Group Charter
- Code sample
About Andrew Fisher
Andrew Fisher is deeply passionate about technology and is constantly tinkering with and breaking something — whether it’s a new application for mobile computing, building a robot, deploying a cloud or just playing around with web tech. Sometimes he does some real work too and has been involved in developing digital solutions for businesses since the dawn of the web in Australia and Europe for brands like Nintendo, peoplesound, Sony, Mitsubishi, Sportsgirl and the Melbourne Cup.
Andrew is the CTO for JBA Digital, a data agency in Melbourne Australia, where he focuses on creating meaning out of large, changing data sets for clients. Andrew is also the founder of Rocket Melbourne, a startup technology lab exploring physical computing and the Web of Things.
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