title: Touchstart vs Click. What happens under the hood?
body: <p>First, excuse me please, this is not a programming question, but I think it wont fit to <a href="https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/">Theoretical CS</a>, and <a href="http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/35636/computer-science">CS Non Programming</a> is still in private Beta.</p>
  
  <p>after updating my phonegap Applications to listen to </p>
  
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    <p>$(selector).bind("touchstart",function());</p>
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  <p>instead of</p>
  
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    <p>$(selector).click(function());</p>
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  <p>(here with jquery),and the performance improved remarkably, I want to know what touchstart does different, despite of the fact that it is probably designed especially for mobile devices environments. I looked up the <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-touch-events-20110505/#the-touchstart---------event" rel="noreferrer">w3c document</a> on touchstart, but it doesnt provide any information.</p>
  
  <p>if anyone has a link to further explanation or can explain how it works, I greatly appreciate it</p>