TM on touch devices

[Daniele Balboni]

Hello,

I would like to know if there is or will appear in the nearest future an optimized version of Transform Manager for touch screen devices like iPads.

 

Best regards

[GreenSock]

It is certainly a good ideal, Daniele, and we very well may tackle that at some point in the future but at the moment we are very focused on other projects like the animation platform for JavaScript and ActionScript. There's a HUGE need for solid animation tools in the JS world, so our goal is to utilize our time to make the biggest difference for the biggest portion of the user base. There is definitely a need for TransformManager in JS too, just not as much as animation right now.

 

Thanks for bringing this up and making sure it's on our radar.

[Daniele Balboni]

Hello, Jack.

 

Thank you for your prompt response.

In one of the recent projects we succeeded in using TM on touch displays without any modifications. But it's obvious that user experience is not ideal because TM was created for desktops. But i really hope that a touch version and js will arrive in the nearest future.

As for you, does it need a lot of time to optimize TM for touch? could a developer with a good knowledge of as3 to make a kind of beta-version (maybe with your help and suggestions )?

[GreenSock]

Frankly, I'm not sure exactly how much work it will be to optimize TM for touch interaction. I won't know until I dive in and really focus there. My guess is that it won't be a super easy thing to do well.