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Kendo UI - a framework for modern HTML UI

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Post by fbnt » Mon, Sep 12, 2011, 6:49 PM UTC

Kendo UI - a framework for modern HTML UI
kendoui.com

Re: Kendo UI - a framework for modern HTML UI

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Post by lean » Mon, Sep 12, 2011, 7:19 PM UTC

Seems like an obvious FAQ would be, "How does this compare to jQuery UI?".

Re: Kendo UI - a framework for modern HTML UI

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Post by dillon » Mon, Sep 12, 2011, 7:24 PM UTC

I couldn't say if jQuery UI is better or this is better, honestly seems they are just different. Even if Kendo UI is faster I have never had a speed issue with jQuery UI (not speaking for everyone, just, I personally have never had a speed issue).

Re: Kendo UI - a framework for modern HTML UI

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Post by stoph » Mon, Sep 12, 2011, 7:25 PM UTC

I'm having a hard time nailing down what the killer features are here. For example, I saw that they advertise drag-and-drop with support for touch devices, but I couldn't even find the drag and drop demo on the site.

Re: Kendo UI - a framework for modern HTML UI

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Post by jwarzech » Mon, Sep 12, 2011, 7:34 PM UTC

stoph wrote: post #4

I'm having a hard time nailing down what the killer features are here. For example, I saw that they advertise drag-and-drop with support for touch devices, but I couldn't even find the drag and drop demo on the site.

Here is a link to their drag and drop demo http://demos.kendoui.com/datasource/index.html

Re: Kendo UI - a framework for modern HTML UI

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Post by chime » Mon, Sep 12, 2011, 7:39 PM UTC

dillon wrote: post #3

I couldn't say if jQuery UI is better or this is better, honestly seems they are just different. Even if Kendo UI is faster I have never had a speed issue with jQuery UI (not speaking for everyone, just, I personally have never had a speed issue).

The UI Widgets seem quite nice and well-designed: http://demos.kendoui.com/combobox/remotedatasource.html

This is closer to ExtJS and Sencha than JQ UI.

Re: Kendo UI - a framework for modern HTML UI

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Post by stoph » Mon, Sep 12, 2011, 7:40 PM UTC

jwarzech wrote: post #5

stoph wrote: post #4

I'm having a hard time nailing down what the killer features are here. For example, I saw that they advertise drag-and-drop with support for touch devices, but I couldn't even find the drag and drop demo on the site.

Here is a link to their drag and drop demo http://demos.kendoui.com/datasource/index.html

Thanks. I'll be checking this out, although I was hoping they would also have something equivalent to jQuery's Sortable (http://jqueryui.com/demos/sortable/).

Re: Kendo UI - a framework for modern HTML UI

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Post by twog » Mon, Sep 12, 2011, 7:41 PM UTC

We arent far away from being able to copy and paste beautiful front-end designs.

Re: Kendo UI - a framework for modern HTML UI

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Post by trb » Mon, Sep 12, 2011, 7:46 PM UTC

Using Chrome13 on Ubuntu, when I try to use the Drag&Drop Demo, the draggable element jumps to the lower right corner of the mouse cursor.

In the slider demo, rapidly clicking multiple times on the left or right arrow to increase/decrease the value fires a doubleclick event, highlighting most of the text on the site.

In the window demo, the mouse cursor does not change when I hover over the title bar, although the window is draggable.

It's these little details that scare me off. When I use a framework, I want it to take care of everything. If I have to add css classes for the mouse cursor or fix element positioning, I'd just build what I need myself.

Re: Kendo UI - a framework for modern HTML UI

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Post by Turing_Machine » Mon, Sep 12, 2011, 7:47 PM UTC

dillon wrote: post #3

I couldn't say if jQuery UI is better or this is better, honestly seems they are just different. Even if Kendo UI is faster I have never had a speed issue with jQuery UI (not speaking for everyone, just, I personally have never had a speed issue).

jQuery UI is pretty sluggish under some of the iOS build-app-in-JS frameworks (e.g., PhoneGap) and for webapps because those don't use the new nitro engine (I understand that's coming in iOS 5). It's not nearly as bad under standalone Safari with a mobile web page. If someone wanted to test their performance claims, that might be a good thing to try.