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Books and Interactivity Redux (Samovar Edition)

Last year, when I wrote about the future of the interactive book, I had read books on smartphones. But now I have an iPad, and it’s been an entirely different reading experience. Man, do I love it. The Kindle may be light, use e-ink, and have insa…

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Using iPads for Kiosks

The iPad is a great bit of tablet hardware — it’s got a great multitouch sensor, a pretty zippy processor, built in WiFi, etc. No one thing is the kicker, but it’s the combination of all the things in one simple form factor that make it pretty com…

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Handling Touch Events in jQuery Tools Scrollable

Today I was trying to optimize the experience of a website for the Apple iPad. One quick win is to respond to touch events on the device which will make your site feel much smoother and avoid the double tapping which Mobile Safari sometimes requir…

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