ftlabs/fastclick
Polyfill to remove click delays on browsers with touch UIs observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5315
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1846
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
18518 stars · 3121 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
FastClick is a small JavaScript polyfill that removes the 300ms delay between a physical tap and the firing of a click event on mobile touch browsers. It was developed by FT Labs and widely used in the FT Web App, though modern browsers have made it largely obsolete.
Use cases
- remove 300ms tap delay on mobile browsers
- make mobile web app taps feel instant
- eliminate click event lag on iOS Safari
- improve responsiveness of touch UIs on older Android browsers
- polyfill click events for legacy mobile web apps
When to choose
- supporting very old mobile browsers (iOS 3+, Android 2+) that still have the 300ms delay
- maintaining a legacy codebase that already depends on FastClick
When to avoid
- targeting modern browsers, since Chrome 32+ and late-2015 Safari no longer have the delay
- starting a new project, as the library is unmaintained and may introduce bugs
- you can simply use the viewport meta tag or touch-action: manipulation CSS instead
Facets
library · maturity abandoned
ui-components developer-tools web-development frontend mobile-development browser cross-platform polyfill touch-events click-delay mobile-browsers legacy mobile
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/ftlabs/fastclick · fetched 2026-08-28 · 159b022776a1
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| ftlabs/fastclick | main | 10 |
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