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Re:Mobile Frameworks Comparison Chart by viscanti on Tuesday September 27, 2011 @11:52AM (#3043809)
"Feature Supported" isn't well defined here. jQuery Mobile's persistant footers are anything but persistant on iOS. That's a big feature for most UIs, and something Sencha Touch got right a long time ago. That poor support for viewport manipulations is lost in the rankings.

Instead of a Green/Orange/Red score for each platform, I think a letter grade or percentage of supported features would be better. Someone who hasn't developed with jQuery Mobile will think that since it has a green ranking for iOS, that they'll actually be able to make things that look like iOS apps. They won't (although iOS 5 should fix that issue).

Re:Mobile Frameworks Comparison Chart by matan_a on Tuesday September 27, 2011 @12:49PM (#3044111)
This is somewhat misleading because it makes the false impression that these frameworks are mutually exclusive.

PhoneGap, for example, could be combined with Sencha Touch to get native functionality.

Re:Mobile Frameworks Comparison Chart by frankdenbow on Tuesday September 27, 2011 @03:06PM (#3044748)
Came here to say this. PhoneGap in particular differs greatly from most of these frameworks.
Re:Mobile Frameworks Comparison Chart by dreamdu5t on Tuesday September 27, 2011 @03:11PM (#3044764)
Conclusion: They all suck.

We need a mobile framework that focuses on compatibility first and features second. Not a million clones of, "We can make HTML elements look like a shitty iOS!"

Most of these aren't frameworks. They are libraries of interface widgets that barely work.

Re:Mobile Frameworks Comparison Chart by barranger on Tuesday September 27, 2011 @10:43AM (#3043441)
The lack of MonoTouch/MonoDroid is the first thing that I noticed. While c# may not be everyone's cup of tea, it can be used to develop across iOS/Android/WP
Re:Mobile Frameworks Comparison Chart by Inufu on Tuesday September 27, 2011 @02:53PM (#3044694)
This would be infinitely more helpful if it would also list the platform you can develop on - ie Linux, Mac, Windows.
Re:Mobile Frameworks Comparison Chart by JoeAltmaier on Tuesday September 27, 2011 @12:03PM (#3043867)
I checked all the checkboxes and got the whole chart. In fact the entire site could be replaced by that chart?