Each browser tackles it in a different way (see <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;ftlabs&#x2F;fastclick#when-it-isnt-needed" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;ftlabs&#x2F;fastclick#when-it-isnt-needed</a>):<p>* Chrome checks the viewport meta, as you mention<p>* IE looks for CSS (touch-action: manipulation) on elements<p>The change being made to WebKit will allow it to honor the viewport meta approach (e.g. when it disables scaling), just like Chrome does. So, if anything, IE is the odd one out now.