iOS Theme for jQuery Mobile
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front-end ui theme
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How HN took it
1 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 7 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score -0.43.
Design: 0 for, 4 againstIdea: 0 for, 2 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Theme is a useful idea if it is refined
From 1 comment
I agree, too. Keep perfecting it and it'll be a great, useful theme.
lachances on HN
Thanks for building a theme for the framework
From 1 comment
taitems, As one of the jqm team members I'd like to say thank you for putting your time into building a theme for the framework. If you have feedback on what the experience was…
johnbender on HN
Objections
Imitating iOS UI imperfectly feels wrong and hurts impression
From 2 comments
I like the idea of an iOS theme, but I feel that with iOS, you have to either get it perfect or not do it at all. That means fixing the font sizes in the headers, the button…
Xuzz on HNYes, it has to be perfect or it will ruin the expected experience. Unfortunately, replications are never perfect. Thus it will always ruin the expected experience. Plus, this is…
adjwilli on HN
Inconsistent behavior versus native controls frustrates users
From 2 comments
I appreciate why people build things like this, but I think that with mobile applications you either need to go truly native (using UIKit), or do something that is distinctly…
JonWood on HNI think imitating the UI controls isn't really a huge problem. It's the inconsistent behavior, and performance that's an issue. For instance, the tab bar controls disappear when…
Hisoka on HN
Uncanny valley effect for UIs that imitate native controls
From 1 comment
There is a kind of uncanny valley to UIs that imitate native UIs. For instance, I remember back when IE6 faked UI controls, they didn't act quite like the native Luna controls,…
cgranade on HN
Tab bar controls disappear on scroll, unlike native
From 1 comment
I think imitating the UI controls isn't really a huge problem. It's the inconsistent behavior, and performance that's an issue. For instance, the tab bar controls disappear when…
Hisoka on HN
Back buttons in nav bar need work
From 1 comment
Those back buttons (in the nav bar) could really some work.
kennywinker on HN
Requests
Test on more devices, including retina iPhones
From 2 comments
Did you test this just on the iPhone? Or on all jQm supported devices http://jquerymobile.com/gbs/?
steilpass on HNJust on the iPhone, iPad, Mac/Win Chrome and Mac Safari. Haven't tested retina iPhones as I assume there will be some work to do there.
taitems on HN
Give feedback on the jQuery Mobile GitHub issues page
From 1 comment
taitems, As one of the jqm team members I'd like to say thank you for putting your time into building a theme for the framework. If you have feedback on what the experience was…
johnbender on HN
Questions
Was it tested only on the iPhone or on all jQuery Mobile supported devices?
From 1 comment
Did you test this just on the iPhone? Or on all jQm supported devices http://jquerymobile.com/gbs/?
steilpass on HN
Alternatives named
Native UIKit development
From 1 comment
I appreciate why people build things like this, but I think that with mobile applications you either need to go truly native (using UIKit), or do something that is distinctly…
JonWood on HN