Eliminate 300ms delay on click events in mobile Safari

Question

I\'ve read that mobile Safari has a 300ms delay on click events from the time the link/button is clicked to the time the event fires. The reason for the delay is to wait to

Answer 1

In jQuery you can bind "touchend" event, witch trigger code inmediatly after tap (is like a keydown in keyboard). Tested on current Chrome and Firefox tablet versions. Don't forget "click" also, for your touch screen laptops and desktop devices.

jQuery('.yourElements').bind('click touchend',function(event){

    event.stopPropagation();
    event.preventDefault();

	// everything else
});