diff --git a/lib/jli.js b/lib/jli.js
index 8c16bca..0b7b17d 100755
--- a/lib/jli.js
+++ b/lib/jli.js
@@ -483,10 +483,23 @@ function makeKeyboardHandler(keybindings, unhandled){
 
 
 
+// click threshold in pixels, if the distance between start and end is 
+// less than this, the whole event is considered a click and not a 
+// drag/swipe...
 var CLICK_THRESHOLD = 10
+// if the amount of time to wait beween start and end is greater than this
+// the event is considered a long click.
+// NOTE: this will not auto-fire the event, the user MUST release first.
 var LONG_CLICK_THRESHOLD = 400
+// NOTE: this is reset by the timeout explicitly set in the handler...
+// NOTE: this is the timeout between two consecutive clicks and not the total.
+// NOTE: if multiple clicks are enabled this will introduce a lag after
+// 		each click (while we wait for the next), so keep this as small 
+// 		as possible.
 var MULTI_CLICK_TIMEOUT = 200
 
+var MULTITOUCH_RELEASE_THRESHOLD = 100
+
 // XXX add a resonable cancel scheme...
 // 		... something similar to touch threshold but bigger...
 // XXX handle multiple touches...
@@ -497,6 +510,7 @@ var MULTI_CLICK_TIMEOUT = 200
 // XXX BUG: on landing a second finger while scrolling the things goes 
 // 		haywhire...
 // XXX BUG: after long click the mouse is tracked and the view is scrolled...
+// XXX split this into a seporate lib...
 function makeScrollHandler(root, config){
 	root = $(root)
 
@@ -663,7 +677,9 @@ function makeScrollHandler(root, config){
 						speed: dx/dt, 
 						distance: start_x-x, 
 						duration: t-start_t, 
-						touches: touches 
+						// current touches...
+						touches: touches,
+						clicks: null,
 					}) === false 
 				|| touches == 0){
 			// cleanup and stop...
@@ -719,6 +735,7 @@ function makeScrollHandler(root, config){
 			clickThreshold: null,
 			longClickThreshold: null,
 			multiClickTimeout: null,
+			multitouchTimeout: null,
 		},
 		// NOTE: this is updated live but not used by the system in any way...
 		state: 'stopped',
@@ -779,12 +796,20 @@ function makeScrollHandler(root, config){
 // This will provide support for the folowing events on the scroll root
 // element:
 // 		- scrollCancelled
-// 		- longClick
 // 		- shortClick
+// 		- doubleClick
+// 		- multiClick
+// 			this will store the number of clicks in data.clicks
+// 		- longClick
 // 		- swipeLeft
 // 		- swipeRight
 // 		- screenReleased
 //
+// NOTE: data.touches passed to the event is the number of touches 
+// 		released within the multitouchTimeout.
+// 		this differs from what postScrollCallback actually gets in the 
+// 		same field when it recieves the object.
+//
 // XXX add up/down swipes
 // XXX add double clicks
 // XXX add generic snap
@@ -794,10 +819,13 @@ function postScrollCallback(data){
 	var root = scroller.root
 	var clickThreshold = scroller.options.clickThreshold || CLICK_THRESHOLD
 	var longClickThreshold = scroller.options.longClickThreshold || LONG_CLICK_THRESHOLD
+	var multitouchTimeout = scroller.options.multitouchTimeout || MULTITOUCH_RELEASE_THRESHOLD
 
 	var enableMultiClicks = scroller.options.enableMultiClicks
 	var multiClickTimeout = scroller.options.multiClickTimeout || MULTI_CLICK_TIMEOUT
 
+	var now = Date.now();
+
 	// cancel event...
 	if(scroller.state == 'canceling'){
 		return root.trigger('scrollCancelled', data)
@@ -805,8 +833,26 @@ function postScrollCallback(data){
 
 	// ignore situations when the user is still touching...
 	// ...like when he/she lifted one finger of several...
+	// XXX needs testing...
 	if(data.touches > 0){
+		var then = scroller._last_touch_release
+		if(then == null || now - then < multitouchTimeout){
+			if(scroller._touches == null){
+				scroller._touches = 1
+			} else {
+				scroller._touches += 1
+			}
+		} else {
+			scroller._touches = null
+		}
+		// wait for the next touch release...
+		scroller._last_touch_release = now
 		return
+	// calculate how many touches did participate... 
+	} else {
+		data.touches = scroller._touches + 1
+		scroller._last_touch_release = null
+		scroller._touches = null
 	}
 
 	// clicks, double clicks and long clicks...
@@ -818,6 +864,7 @@ function postScrollCallback(data){
 			return root.trigger('shortClick', data)
 
 		} else {
+			// count the clicks so far...
 			if(scroller._clicks == null){
 				scroller._clicks = 1
 			} else {