What is the difference between jQTouch & jQuery Mobile Framework ?
Are they related (other than being both based on jQuery) ?
Do they have the same goal ?
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A:
jQtouch is optimized for WebKit, jQuery Mobile is looking to support all mobile devices; that is my understanding
some good info here
http://jquerymobile.com/strategy/
and here
Aaron Saunders
2010-09-02 12:02:03
A:
Additionally to Aaron's answer this is what I've come up with so far:
- jQuery Mobile is an offical and recent (August 2010) jQuery project whereas jQTouch was created in 2009 by David Kaneda
- jQTouch is a jQuery plugin (see "Staying on jQuery" section) while jQuery mobile is presented as a framework
- jQTouch is focused on small screen device, from their blog :
Apps developed with jQTouch will certainly run fine on iPads and other tablet devices, but we aren’t going to automagically convert to a more tablet-friendly UI that takes advantage of the additional real estate. If you are in need of a JavaScript library that magically updates your UI for everything from small screens, to tablets, to desktops, check out Sencha Touch.
- I realized that the guy behind jQTouch also worked/works on Sencha Touch, which got me even more confused. But he gave some details about the difference between these two on his blog.
DrDro
2010-09-02 12:49:36