If you touch a link and hold the for a time, the tap highlight will continue to show, even though after a while a tap gesture will no longer be generated when the touch is lifted.
Created attachment 135106 [details] Patch
Comment on attachment 135106 [details] Patch Clearing flags on attachment: 135106 Committed r113010: <http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/113010>
All reviewed patches have been landed. Closing bug.