Re:Switching from jQuery Mobile to Twitter Bootstrap
by FlukeATX on Saturday August 04, 2012 @03:34PM
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This is a really neat idea. I'm never sure how close to the airport I should be to refuel- too far out and it might not be "full" enough for return, but too close and you might miss the last gas station!
Re:Switching from jQuery Mobile to Twitter Bootstrap
by aaronbrethorst on Saturday August 04, 2012 @03:36PM
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I got the idea after my girlfriend and I went to Maui for Christmas. I had never been there before, and had no idea where I should get gas on our way back to the airport. Like you said, too close and you might miss the last station. Plus, I was already concerned about missing our flight. The last thing I needed was the extra stress of watching for gas.
Re:Switching from jQuery Mobile to Twitter Bootstrap
by panabee on Saturday August 04, 2012 @06:33PM
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cool, what did you use for page transitions and tap events? did you roll your own?
Re:Switching from jQuery Mobile to Twitter Bootstrap
by aaronbrethorst on Saturday August 04, 2012 @06:38PM
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Zilch, skipped 'em. I'm not saying this is the right solution for every case, especially for situations where you want something more application-like, but this wasn't a high priority for me.
I let the site go dormant for a while, but resurrected it recently. When I rebuilt it, I used Bootstrap for the UI and decided to rip out jQM in favor of Bootstrap's responsive features. It took me a lot less time to build the new mobile UI, it feels faster and less clunky, and it has reduced my workload going forward, since I no longer have to maintain parallel sets of views (e.g. index.html.haml and index.mobile.haml).
I cannot imagine ever using jQM for another project.