Is fastclick js still needed?

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I mean this:

Is it still needed and important?

I know there are things related to viewport declarations concerning certain browsers. But It seems they are old things, and what about the other browsers nowadays?

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">

I would like to know the answer to this, but at the same time this question feels rather opinion based. — evolutionxbox, Feb 15 '17 at 13:07
How about making some tests? http://ftlabs.github.io/fastclick/examples/layer.html — Veve, Feb 15 '17 at 13:08
Opinion based? Tap delay is not an opinion, is (was) a mobile "feature". See the accepted answer. — Luca Reghellin, Apr 10 '17 at 09:14

score 41 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 10 '17 at 02:36

This article explains in detail why and when you need fastclick.js: https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2013/12/300ms-tap-delay-gone-away

TL;DR

As of Chrome 32 (back in 2014) this delay is gone for mobile-optimised sites, without removing pinch-zooming! Firefox and IE/Edge did the same shortly afterwards, and in March 2016 a similar fix landed in iOS 9.3.

As long as your <head> includes: <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">, this way the browser assumes you have made the text readable on mobile so there is no need for double-click.

Is fastclick js still needed?

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