Embracing the Messiness in Search of Epic Solutions

Tag: jQuery

  • Modernizr: Detecting Touch Devices vs Non Touch Devices

    Modernizr has a great feature that allows us to detect whether the browser is running on a touch device (iPad, smartphones, etc) or on a non-touch device (laptop, computer, etc). Even though most modern touch devices support “proximity” hovering (navigating without touching the device screen), the browsing experience still suffer when dealing with onmouseover and… Read More…

  • Managing the Order of AJAX Calls on Input Field’s Keyup Event

    SCENARIO Consider the following code:- When user types an employee’s name, “Mike”, in the search field, a web service call is fired per character typed. In this example, the following web service calls are made:- Let’s assume this web service searches the input string against databases (or flat files, Facebook API, etc) and returns a… Read More…