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Mobile Frameworks Comparison Chart

69 points| webmat | 14 years ago |markus-falk.com | reply

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[+] viscanti|14 years ago|reply
"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).

[+] matan_a|14 years ago|reply
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.

[+] frankdenbow|14 years ago|reply
Came here to say this. PhoneGap in particular differs greatly from most of these frameworks.
[+] dreamdu5t|14 years ago|reply
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.

[+] barranger|14 years ago|reply
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
[+] Inufu|14 years ago|reply
This would be infinitely more helpful if it would also list the platform you can develop on - ie Linux, Mac, Windows.
[+] JoeAltmaier|14 years ago|reply
I checked all the checkboxes and got the whole chart. In fact the entire site could be replaced by that chart?