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by joehewitt 5509 days ago
Libraries like these should not be necessary, but since Apple has not implemented proper scrolling of elements and iframes, we're left to do it ourselves. Perhaps iOS 5 (just two weeks until wwdc!) will solve the problem and make this project obsolete (I hope so).

Even if they do, libraries like these may still be necessary for more advanced scrolling mechanisms like those that snap to page boundaries or involve scrolling/zooming hybrids (like photo viewers common to many apps).
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benreesman 5509 days ago
fantastic work and thanks for the quick reply. i'm eager to show this to some of the guys i work with as they're working on similar stuff. http://www.npr.org/webapp loaded on an ipad 2 is pretty slick, particularly in terms of multi-finger scrolling.

i'm sure i speak for a lot of people when i say thanks for working to advance the prospect of truly first-class web applications on mobile. these are exciting times!

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smickie 5509 days ago
Yeah. That is really smooth and fast on the iPhone 3G. It's a great job.

This is what overflow-scrollable areas on webpages should have been in iOS Safari. At the moment you have to mash two fingers into the screen and slowly drag it around; real clunky.

Fingers crossed (badum-tish) for an update next month.

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