diff --git a/src/dygraph-interaction-model.js b/src/dygraph-interaction-model.js
index 494b63849..8221bac05 100644
--- a/src/dygraph-interaction-model.js
+++ b/src/dygraph-interaction-model.js
@@ -405,6 +405,15 @@ DygraphInteraction.endZoom = function(event, g, context) {
   context.dragStartY = null;
 };
 
+// isOutOfExtremes: checks that number p is out of extremes ex.
+// ex is a tuple [a, b], with a <= b
+function isOutOfExtremes(p, ex) {
+
+    return p < ex[0] || p > ex[1]
+
+    // note on ex[0] < ex[1]: sometimes extremes are invalid,
+    // ex[0] must be less than or equal to ex[1]
+}
 /**
  * @private
  */
@@ -418,17 +427,40 @@ DygraphInteraction.startTouch = function(event, g, context) {
   var touches = [];
   for (var i = 0; i < event.touches.length; i++) {
     var t = event.touches[i];
+    var rect = t.target.getBoundingClientRect()
     // we dispense with 'dragGetX_' because all touchBrowsers support pageX
     touches.push({
       pageX: t.pageX,
       pageY: t.pageY,
-      dataX: g.toDataXCoord(t.pageX),
-      dataY: g.toDataYCoord(t.pageY)
+      dataX: g.toDataXCoord(t.clientX-rect.left),
+      dataY: g.toDataYCoord(t.clientY-rect.top)
       // identifier: t.identifier
     });
   }
   context.initialTouches = touches;
 
+  var pinchCenter
+  context.pinchOutOfExtremes = false
+  if (touches.length >= 2) {
+
+    // only screen coordinates can be averaged (data coords could be log scale).
+    pinchCenter = {
+        pageX: 0.5 * (touches[0].pageX + touches[1].pageX),
+        pageY: 0.5 * (touches[0].pageY + touches[1].pageY),
+      
+        // TODO(danvk): remove
+        dataX: 0.5 * (touches[0].dataX + touches[1].dataX),
+        dataY: 0.5 * (touches[0].dataY + touches[1].dataY)
+    };
+
+    var xExtremes = g.xAxisExtremes()
+    var yExtremes = g.yAxisExtremes()
+    if (xExtremes[0] >= xExtremes[1] || isOutOfExtremes(pinchCenter.dataX, xExtremes))
+        context.pinchOutOfExtremes = true
+    if (yExtremes.find(yEx => yEx[0] >= yEx[1] || isOutOfExtremes(pinchCenter.dataY, yEx)))
+        context.pinchOutOfExtremes = true
+  }
+
   if (touches.length == 1) {
     // This is just a swipe.
     context.initialPinchCenter = touches[0];
@@ -437,15 +469,7 @@ DygraphInteraction.startTouch = function(event, g, context) {
     // It's become a pinch!
     // In case there are 3+ touches, we ignore all but the "first" two.
 
-    // only screen coordinates can be averaged (data coords could be log scale).
-    context.initialPinchCenter = {
-      pageX: 0.5 * (touches[0].pageX + touches[1].pageX),
-      pageY: 0.5 * (touches[0].pageY + touches[1].pageY),
-
-      // TODO(danvk): remove
-      dataX: 0.5 * (touches[0].dataX + touches[1].dataX),
-      dataY: 0.5 * (touches[0].dataY + touches[1].dataY)
-    };
+    context.initialPinchCenter = pinchCenter
 
     // Make pinches in a 45-degree swath around either axis 1-dimensional zooms.
     var initialAngle = 180 / Math.PI * Math.atan2(
@@ -457,8 +481,11 @@ DygraphInteraction.startTouch = function(event, g, context) {
     if (initialAngle > 90) initialAngle = 90 - initialAngle;
 
     context.touchDirections = {
-      x: (initialAngle < (90 - 45/2)),
-      y: (initialAngle > 45/2)
+      //TODO: it does not seem to work well
+      //x: (initialAngle < (90 - 45/2)),
+      //y: (initialAngle > 45/2)
+      x: true,
+      y: true
     };
   }
 
@@ -509,31 +536,62 @@ DygraphInteraction.moveTouch = function(event, g, context) {
   var dataHeight = context.initialRange.y[0] - context.initialRange.y[1];
   swipe.dataX = (swipe.pageX / g.plotter_.area.w) * dataWidth;
   swipe.dataY = (swipe.pageY / g.plotter_.area.h) * dataHeight;
-  var xScale, yScale;
+
+  var xExtremes = g.xAxisExtremes()
+  var yExtremes = g.yAxisExtremes()
+
+  var xScale = 1.0, yScale = 1.0;
 
   // The residual bits are usually split into scale & rotate bits, but we split
   // them into x-scale and y-scale bits.
-  if (touches.length == 1) {
-    xScale = 1.0;
-    yScale = 1.0;
-  } else if (touches.length >= 2) {
+  if (touches.length >= 2 && !context.pinchOutOfExtremes) {
     var initHalfWidth = (initialTouches[1].pageX - c_init.pageX);
-    xScale = (touches[1].pageX - c_now.pageX) / initHalfWidth;
-
     var initHalfHeight = (initialTouches[1].pageY - c_init.pageY);
-    yScale = (touches[1].pageY - c_now.pageY) / initHalfHeight;
+    var minAllowed = 5
+
+    if (Math.abs(initHalfWidth) > minAllowed) {
+        // sensitiveness dampening: smaller pinches count much less
+        var damp = 1 / (Math.abs(initHalfWidth)-minAllowed)
+        
+        var nowHalfWidth = touches[1].pageX - c_now.pageX
+        xScale = (nowHalfWidth + damp) / (initHalfWidth + damp);
+    }
+
+    if (Math.abs(initHalfHeight) > minAllowed) {
+        var damp = 1 / (Math.abs(initHalfHeight) - minAllowed)
+
+        var nowHalfHeight = touches[1].pageY - c_now.pageY
+        yScale = (nowHalfHeight + damp) / (initHalfHeight + damp);
+    }
   }
 
   // Clip scaling to [1/8, 8] to prevent too much blowup.
   xScale = Math.min(8, Math.max(0.125, xScale));
   yScale = Math.min(8, Math.max(0.125, yScale));
 
+
   var didZoom = false;
   if (context.touchDirections.x) {
+    var oldDateWindow = g.dateWindow_ || context.initialRange.x
     g.dateWindow_ = [
-      c_init.dataX - swipe.dataX + (context.initialRange.x[0] - c_init.dataX) / xScale,
-      c_init.dataX - swipe.dataX + (context.initialRange.x[1] - c_init.dataX) / xScale
+      c_init.dataX - swipe.dataX / xScale + (context.initialRange.x[0] - c_init.dataX) / xScale,
+      c_init.dataX - swipe.dataX / xScale + (context.initialRange.x[1] - c_init.dataX) / xScale
     ];
+    if (xExtremes[0] < xExtremes[1]) {
+        var pef = g.getNumericOption("panEdgeFraction") || 1/10
+        var a = xExtremes[0] - (xExtremes[1] - xExtremes[0]) * pef
+        var b = xExtremes[1] + (xExtremes[1] - xExtremes[0]) * pef
+        if (g.dateWindow_[0] < a) {
+            g.dateWindow_[0] = a
+            if (xScale == 1) // if it is a pan, do not scale the window
+                g.dateWindow_[1] = oldDateWindow[1]
+        }
+        if (g.dateWindow_[1] > b) {
+            g.dateWindow_[1] = b
+            if (xScale == 1)
+                g.dateWindow_[0] = oldDateWindow[0]
+        }
+    }
     didZoom = true;
   }
 
@@ -544,10 +602,27 @@ DygraphInteraction.moveTouch = function(event, g, context) {
       if (logscale) {
         // TODO(danvk): implement
       } else {
+        var oldValueRange = axis.valueRange || context.initialRange.y
         axis.valueRange = [
-          c_init.dataY - swipe.dataY + (context.initialRange.y[0] - c_init.dataY) / yScale,
-          c_init.dataY - swipe.dataY + (context.initialRange.y[1] - c_init.dataY) / yScale
+          c_init.dataY - swipe.dataY / yScale + (context.initialRange.y[0] - c_init.dataY) / yScale,
+          c_init.dataY - swipe.dataY / yScale + (context.initialRange.y[1] - c_init.dataY) / yScale
         ];
+        if (yExtremes[i][0] < yExtremes[i][1]) {
+            var pef = g.getNumericOption("panEdgeFraction") || 1/10
+            var a = yExtremes[i][0] - (yExtremes[i][1] - yExtremes[i][0]) * pef
+            var b = yExtremes[i][1] + (yExtremes[i][1] - yExtremes[i][0]) * pef
+            if (axis.valueRange[0] < a) {
+                axis.valueRange[0] = a
+                if (xScale == 1) // if it is a pan, do not scale
+                    axis.valueRange[1] = oldValueRange[1]
+            }
+            if (axis.valueRange[1] > b) {
+                axis.valueRange[1] = b
+                if (xScale == 1)
+                    axis.valueRange[0] = oldValueRange[0]
+            }
+        }
+
         didZoom = true;
       }
     }