This plugin adds Apple iPod/iPhone (firmware 2.0+) touch functionality to jQuery. Use built in Touch methods including ontouchstart, ontouchend, ontouchmove, ongesturestart, ongesturechange and ongestureend.

iScroll was born because mobile webkit (iPhone and iPod touch mainly, but also Android and Pre) does not provide a native way to scroll inside a overflow:hidden div. This unfortunate situation prevents any web-app to have a fixed header and/or footer and a scrolling central area.

“Safari visual effects allow you to create sophisticated graphical user interfaces for web applications for the desktop and iPhone OS. The visual effects available range from image effects using gradients, masks, and reflections, to more complex 2D and 3D effects.”