Double tap interval time standard

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AVEbrahimi picture AVEbrahimi · Jun 21, 2011 · Viewed 9.1k times · Source

Is there any standard, say ISO standard, for interval (in miliseconds) between to taps ( clicked on touch devices) which assumed as double tap? I guess it should be long enough to allow slower users to double tap, but not so long that leads to mistakes.

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Akhorus picture Akhorus · Jan 28, 2015

I think this is similar to the click/dbl-click issue http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-click#Speed_and_timing

The maximum delay required for two consecutive clicks to be interpreted as a double-click is not standardized. According to Microsoft's MSDN website, the default timing in Windows is 500ms (one half second).

So, apparently, it's not standardized. I'd say tapping is slower or equal to clicking (it will depend on the relative position of the hand to the device), but still 500ms sounds reasonable.

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