UX: remove swipe support from slideout

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/hamburger-menu.js.es6

@@ -35,11 +35,6 @@ export default Ember.Component.extend({
         this.set('visible', false);
       }
     });
-
-    if (this.capabilities.touch) {
-      $('body').on('swipeleft.discourse-hamburger', () => this.set('visible', true));
-      $('body').on('swiperight.discourse-hamburger', () => this.set('visible', false));
-    }
   },
 
   @on('willDestroyElement')

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/jquery.detect_swipe.js

@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * jquery.detectSwipe v2.1.1
- * jQuery Plugin to obtain touch gestures from iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and Android
- * http://github.com/marcandre/detect_swipe
- * Based on touchwipe by Andreas Waltl, netCU Internetagentur (http://www.netcu.de)
- */
-
-/* modified by sam to disable the preventDefault stuff */
-(function($) {
-
-  $.detectSwipe = {
-    version: '2.1.1',
-    enabled: 'ontouchstart' in document.documentElement,
-    preventDefault: false,
-    threshold: 20
-  };
-
-  var startX,
-    startY,
-    isMoving = false;
-
-  function onTouchEnd() {
-    this.removeEventListener('touchmove', onTouchMove);
-    this.removeEventListener('touchend', onTouchEnd);
-    isMoving = false;
-  }
-
-  function onTouchMove(e) {
-    if ($.detectSwipe.preventDefault) { e.preventDefault(); }
-    if(isMoving) {
-      var x = e.touches[0].pageX;
-      var y = e.touches[0].pageY;
-      var dx = startX - x;
-      var dy = startY - y;
-      var dir;
-      if(Math.abs(dx) >= $.detectSwipe.threshold) {
-        dir = dx > 0 ? 'left' : 'right'
-      }
-      else if(Math.abs(dy) >= $.detectSwipe.threshold) {
-        dir = dy > 0 ? 'down' : 'up'
-      }
-      if(dir) {
-        onTouchEnd.call(this);
-        $(this).trigger('swipe', dir).trigger('swipe' + dir);
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  function onTouchStart(e) {
-    if (e.touches.length === 1) {
-      startX = e.touches[0].pageX;
-      startY = e.touches[0].pageY;
-      isMoving = true;
-      this.addEventListener('touchmove', onTouchMove, false);
-      this.addEventListener('touchend', onTouchEnd, false);
-    }
-  }
-
-  function setup() {
-    this.addEventListener && this.addEventListener('touchstart', onTouchStart, false);
-  }
-
-  function teardown() {
-    this.removeEventListener('touchstart', onTouchStart);
-  }
-
-  $.event.special.swipe = { setup: setup, teardown: teardown };
-
-  $.each(['left', 'up', 'down', 'right'], function () {
-    $.event.special['swipe' + this] = { setup: function() {
-      $(this).on('swipe', $.noop);
-    } };
-  });
-})(jQuery);