Mouseover (hover) on touch devices using jQuery

See http://www.hnldesign.nl/work/code/mouseover-hover-on-touch-devices-using-jquery/

by Chris Ames

HTML

<a class="taphover" href="http://www.google.com" target="_blank">Link 1</a>

<a class="taphover" href="http://www.microsoft.com" target="_blank">Link 2</a>

<a class="taphover" href="http://www.apple.com" target="_blank">Link 3</a>

CSS

a {
    display: inline-block;
    padding: 5px 15px;
}
a.taphover:hover, a.taphover.hover {
    background: red;
    color: white;
}

JavaScript

$('a.taphover').on("touchstart", function (e) {
    "use strict"; //satisfy the code inspectors
    var link = $(this); //preselect the link
    if (link.hasClass('hover')) {
        return true;
    } else {
        link.addClass("hover");
        $('a.taphover').not(this).removeClass("hover");
        e.preventDefault();
        return false; //extra, and to make sure the function has consistent return points
    }
});