Are touch-start and touch-end (i.e. Mouse-down and mouse-up for touch-screens) intuitive?

1. Do touch events work with mouse?
2. What Javascript object is used to read touch input?

Do touch events work with mouse?

First, you have to be careful when designing more advanced touch interactions: when the user uses a mouse it will respond via a click event, but when the user touches the screen both touch and click events will occur. For a single click the order of events is: touchstart.

What Javascript object is used to read touch input?

Events that occur when user touches a touch-based device, belongs to the TouchEvent Object.