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Created November 16, 2010 15:55
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A simple little script to check for a touch enabled device
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check_for_touch_device.js
var el = document.createElement( 'div' );
el.setAttribute( 'ontouchstart', 'return;' );
if ( typeof el.ontouchstart == 'function' )
{
// yay a touch device!
}
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Interesting... Must've been the sleepless nights of the project that caused me to come up with this special way!

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