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Re: JQ.Mobi Is A Mobile-Optimized HTML5 Rewrite Of the JQuery Framework

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Post by robin_reala » Mon, Jan 16, 2012, 10:32 PM UTC

manveru wrote: post #39

robin_reala wrote: post #26

WebKit only. That might be acceptable in certain circumstances, but only if your definition of acceptability stretches to “95% of the world is on IE6; we don’t have to support anything else for our site.” See also: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Edit: to downvoters, I’m not being cranky: I specifically wouldn’t use this because of this lack of compatibility and would advise against u…

I'm sorry you're being downvoted. I tried their site on my phone, and got a nice "jQ.Mobi requires a webkit browser" popup, with a site that didn't react to any input. And yes, I use Opera on Android.

See I use Safari on my iPhone, so theoretically this shouldn’t annoy me. But I’ve made websites through the bad days of the desktop browser monoculture, and I don’t want the same thing to happen on mobile.

Re: JQ.Mobi Is A Mobile-Optimized HTML5 Rewrite Of the JQuery Framework

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Post by petercooper » Tue, Jan 17, 2012, 3:48 AM UTC

crescentfresh wrote: post #23

Something about the marketing of this makes me feel uneasy. The graphs that depict size are misleading. The initial release (today) is already at v0.9 and the site (opened 1 week ago?) says it's "fully ready to use in production" The video aims to enumerate and demonstrate a number of issues with jQuery UI and Sencha touch ("we can't get anything to work..."). "Zepto is slow", Zepto objects are big and have "large fo…

Why is the trashing of other developer's work necessary in promoting your own?

When people like 37signals promote it as a tactic, people start to copy: http://gettingreal.37signals.com/ch02_Have_an_Enemy.php

Of relevance:

One bonus you get from having an enemy is a very clear marketing message. People are stoked by conflict. And they also understand a product by comparing it to others. With a chosen enemy, you're feeding people a story they want to hear. Not only will they understand your product better and faster, they'll take sides. And that's a sure-fire way to get attention and ignite passion.

Re: JQ.Mobi Is A Mobile-Optimized HTML5 Rewrite Of the JQuery Framework

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Post by taitems » Tue, Jan 17, 2012, 6:14 AM UTC

There's just far too much shit-slinging for me to even consider evaluating it.

I mean, cool, mention where your product does something a competitor doesn't. But repeatedly go for the jugular (with incorrect facts) and it really reflects poorly on you.