Why is HammerJS called HammerJS?

hammerjs / hammer.js

A javascript library for multi-touch gestures :// You can touch this

http://hammerjs.github.io

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Why is HammerJS called HammerJS? #1269

Open LukeTOBrien opened 3 years ago

LukeTOBrien commented 3 years ago

Hello,

I have seen many technical issues and questions but nowhere have I seen the most important and fundemental question answered.

Why is HammerJS called HammerJS?

Is it an ironic title because MC Hammer says "You can't touch this" and HammerJS is all about touch events?
I would also recomend updating your website to explain this.

geotheory commented 3 years ago

Probably cos hammer slide

from https://xkcd.com/108/

cmahnke commented 3 months ago

Here is the MC Hammer song...

[Let's see if someone is still lurking here...]