JQuery Mobile Framework Announced

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Post by crescendo » Fri, Aug 13, 2010, 8:30 PM UTC

JQuery Mobile Framework Announced
jquerymobile.com

Re: JQuery Mobile Framework Announced

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Post by jmtame » Fri, Aug 13, 2010, 8:48 PM UTC

just to clarify--there's nothing that can be downloaded and used right now, correct? it looks like this is a pre-announcement of something they're building.

Re: JQuery Mobile Framework Announced

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Post by jeresig » Fri, Aug 13, 2010, 8:50 PM UTC

To preempt a few questions that are bound to pop up:

What about jQTouch? While jQTouch is a great framework and we're proud to have it as part of the jQuery community - we really wanted a mobile framework to exist that would truly support all the mobile platforms out there. We chatted with the jQTouch team and there wasn't really any interest on their end to head in that direction. It's obviously going to be a ton of work - but that's something that the jQuery project is very interested in tackling.

Is this a response to Sencha Touch? We've actually been working on jQuery mobile for a while now - long before Sencha Touch was released/announced. We're not particularly concerned with Sencha Touch mostly for the same reason that we're building an alternative to jQTouch: We want to support more platforms and do it in a completely seamless way.

What data did you use to choose the browsers that you did? We've been talking with a number of mobile analytics firms and large corporations, gathering data, and will be releasing a bunch of the reliable numbers that we've collected on the jQuery mobile blog. Right now we're confident in the browsers and versions that we've chosen - although that'll likely change over the next couple months as the market shifts.

Re: JQuery Mobile Framework Announced

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Post by adolph » Fri, Aug 13, 2010, 8:51 PM UTC

jmtame wrote: post #2

just to clarify--there's nothing that can be downloaded and used right now, correct? it looks like this is a pre-announcement of something they're building.

Looks like a call to join the community.

Re: JQuery Mobile Framework Announced

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Post by RedWolves » Fri, Aug 13, 2010, 8:52 PM UTC

jmtame wrote: post #2

just to clarify--there's nothing that can be downloaded and used right now, correct? it looks like this is a pre-announcement of something they're building.

Correct, we are posting publicly our strategy and plans for mobile and plan to have a mobile jQuery version out later this year.

Re: JQuery Mobile Framework Announced

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Post by jeresig » Fri, Aug 13, 2010, 8:52 PM UTC

jmtame wrote: post #2

just to clarify--there's nothing that can be downloaded and used right now, correct? it looks like this is a pre-announcement of something they're building.

Yep - that's correct. Since jQuery is a completely community-driven project and funded entirely by donations we wanted to open up right away to bring more people in. While we're rather confident in the direction that we're heading - doing it in a completely open manner is much more inline with what the jQuery project typically does.

Re: JQuery Mobile Framework Announced

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Post by aaronbrethorst » Fri, Aug 13, 2010, 8:54 PM UTC

This is very exciting news, especially knowing that this significantly better-looking theme is coming to desktop JQuery UI. One of my biggest issues with JQuery UI has always been how goofy it looks in comparison to Aristo and Ace (http://www.antipode.ca/2009/themes-sproutcore-vs-cappuccino/)

Re: JQuery Mobile Framework Announced

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Post by jmtame » Fri, Aug 13, 2010, 8:56 PM UTC

jeresig wrote: post #6

jmtame wrote: post #2

just to clarify--there's nothing that can be downloaded and used right now, correct? it looks like this is a pre-announcement of something they're building.

Yep - that's correct. Since jQuery is a completely community-driven project and funded entirely by donations we wanted to open up right away to bring more people in. While we're rather confident in the direction that we're heading - doing it in a completely open manner is much more inline with what the jQuery project typically does.

thanks. i'm actually really glad to see you guys taking the lead on this initiative. jqtouch and sencha both have their shortcomings, but it sounds like this is addressing all of those (polished UI, easy to pick up, well-documented, cross-platform/cross-device).

Re: JQuery Mobile Framework Announced

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Post by raganwald » Fri, Aug 13, 2010, 8:57 PM UTC

jeresig wrote: post #3

To preempt a few questions that are bound to pop up: What about jQTouch? While jQTouch is a great framework and we're proud to have it as part of the jQuery community - we really wanted a mobile framework to exist that would truly support all the mobile platforms out there. We chatted with the jQTouch team and there wasn't really any interest on their end to head in that direction. It's obviously going to be a ton of…

While I laud your transparency, I lament the chilling effect this will have on existing libraries like JQTouch. jQuery Mobile isn't available today but this announcement will make a lot of people sit on their hands waiting to see how things play out in the hope that they won't invest in a dead-end platform.

Oh well, not saying you shouldn't have chosen this path, just pointing out the consequences...

Re: JQuery Mobile Framework Announced

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Post by jmtame » Fri, Aug 13, 2010, 8:59 PM UTC

aaronbrethorst wrote: post #7

This is very exciting news, especially knowing that this significantly better-looking theme is coming to desktop JQuery UI. One of my biggest issues with JQuery UI has always been how goofy it looks in comparison to Aristo and Ace ( http://www.antipode.ca/2009/themes-sproutcore-vs-cappuccino/ )

the mobile ui elements the jquery team is building is the best i've seen so far. they've done a spectacular job there. i hope that as with jquery themeroller, the ui elements for mobile will be customizable.