[RFC] Better Pagination for touch screens

[brunoais]

Nope. I just wanted to confirm if it was worth it... I'll make it anyway, then. But not today.

[brunoais]

If you need js (non-mozilla browser), you can try this code, for now:

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var isTouch = (('ontouchstart' in window) || (navigator.msMaxTouchPoints > 0));

source: http://stackoverflow.com/a/15439809/551625

[DavidIQ]

Like I said, this is already being done:
https://github.com/phpbb/phpbb/blob/dev ... ore.js#L18

[brunoais]

Ah, right *facepalm* thanks.
Is the CSS @media (CSS4 & -moz) also done?

[DavidIQ]

I'm not really sure what is being loaded or how that's being determined at view time. I do know it is somehow being determined in the Backend since things look different when on a tablet or smartphone. Arty knows more although we could probably figure it out by looking at the "responsive layout" changes he did.

[Alien_Time]

I would prefer to change pagination for everybody,

+1. Its not just for touchscreens, even people using touchpads sometimes have trouble. Not everyone uses mouse.

[brunoais]

Isn't a touchpad a device with a touch screen?
If it is a touch screen, then it deserves to have it the same way to allow the touch to happen. I just want to avoid what I ad to put up with win8 that is also happening all over the web.
"Don't do a touch 1st, do both at the same time, for the crying out loud!"
We want stuff to work for both not just the touch screens. I still like my dearest mouse ^^. My mistake. I associated the name to the thing wrongly. Sorry.

[Kamahl19]

No, touchpad is the small board on notebooks. I also use it when I don use my touch screen and it is hard to click on such a small pagination. I dont even know why we are talking about changing pagination for only touch devices. It does not fit into the design. Everything should be redesigned according to new buttons including pagination.

[brunoais]

Ah! Sorry. Wrong naming. (ups).
I have the same precision in my laptop with the touch pad than I have with my mouse in all aspects. Is that abnormal? Sometimes I even see myself using the touchpad instead of the mouse because it is more in handy than the mouse itself... I see myself using it when I program. I just use the thumb to move the mouse (and consequently, the cursor) to the next place to write. Depending on the situation, I use the thumb or just the keyboard in order to move the cursor to the right place.

Am I an exception?

[PayBas]

To get this back on track:

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Does anyone seriously use the page jump? We already know we are on page 6, and we also already know there are 19 pages. So I would just get rid of it. If you're looking for a specific post on a specific page, you would use "search this topic".
And everybody understands arrows, so there's no need for words like "Next" and "Previous".