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It's a technical analysis – I didn't make any claims of user preferences.

"Know your audience and design appropriately."

Agreed. The aim of the post was to highlight that what people think they're using as a rock-solid feature detect is in fact seriously flawed.

If you understand those flaws and you're happy with them, great.

... which, incidentally, is the DOM event you can guarantee will be fired, regardless of the input device (unless you choose to `preventDefault()` before it gets a chance).

How cheap and easy it is to get into web programming. Everything they need (except a computer and an internet connection) is free. And the fact that there'll be plenty of jobs in software/web for the foreseeable future. And that it's fun and they can pwn their mates.

Maybe throw in a focus on mobile development too - I'm always amazed at how many low-income kids around here have smartphones.