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Ajaxian Jun 22 10 DragDealer is a fine new JavaScript component that abstracts both touch and point interfaces.
It makes life easy to do sliders and the like:
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HTML:
<div id="my-slider" class="dragdealer">
<div class="red-bar handle">drag me</div>
</div>
<script>
new Dragdealer('simple-slider');
</script>
But, it can do so much more. Most of the power comes from tying functions into the drag movements. A good example [...] Full story...
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