Web developers will be able to use touch gestures with Force Touch in OS X El Capitan

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A new version of Safari that is cooked in the new operating system OS X El Capitan from Apple, allows web developers to take advantage of gestures Force Touch. This means that on websites you can assign custom actions, for the ForceTouch, where with a single click you can add a additional functionalities to your applications y pages.

Touch gestures can be used to simple functions, how to add a website to your favorites, or for more advanced functions within web development. For example, it could be used to play content on a music player, or to respond quickly to Twitter tweets.

This is basically a good way to add shortcuts to the functions of a website, features that might otherwise be hidden behind menus or on additional pages. It also makes it easy to enter creative animations y transitions, which add to the enjoyment of the overall browsing experience.

Still, it's an interesting new ability, and one that could theoretically work just as well on iOS, that is, in any iOS hardware that supports Force Touch. Rumors abound that it will make an appearance with the next generation of hardware, and the flexibility of this new feature in Safari could make its birth in the new iPhone.

It's basically a good way to add shortcuts to website functions and features that might otherwise be hidden behind menus or pages, and a way to introduce creative animations and transitions that add to the overall enjoyment of the experience. navigation. As explained on TechCrunch.

Of course, these functions only would be available in Safari and on devices with a Force Touch trackpad, which includes only the new macbook and the last one Retina MacBook Pro for now.

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  1.   dinepada said

    I just want to say ... «pray to him my cap»