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Hi folks,

First of thanks to the team who contributes and people who share their skills to give us the best mobile framework (i hope!). I'm not skill enough and just can test and share my work and or discuss of problems and wishes.

By the way, we didn't have any communication on the evolution of JQM for 2 month... And that shoudn't be the case. Even if the project takes more time to reach a final 1.0, JQuery Mobile team HAVE TO COMMUNICATE on it. Some are disapointed and others leave for other frameworks like Sencha Touch. And I agree. Sencha is a good one too, and faster to achieve a stable version. But I belive in JQM as I'm first used to JQuery and secondly this framework seems easier to manage mobile web site over several mobiles and browsers. That's my point of view.

Sorry for my poor english... I do my best!!!

My projects : one is nearly finished and quite simple but I still have several problems and go to production with it (i use a3pre version so it's quite normal!). But I think it's close to, for the needs I have on this project.

Here's the link for you to check (site is in french only cause to local business only, sorry):
http://www.sportafterwork.com/mobile (the other isn't enough advanced for the moment)

Please check and post feedbacks.

Here're the major problems I'm in front of:

1. Tool bars need to be less buggy (i often have during scolling the header stuck in the middle of the screen). a3pre gives more stability but it's not enough. And the best should be a real fixed positioning of the bars like iScroll for exemple.

2. I tried several ways to validate my form but none worked. In fact they work, but it seems that JQM fires my scripts... (eg : mydomain.com/contact.php works like a charm but mydomain.com/#contact.php don't and the form is sent). But i maybe missed something.                

3. I tested this site on Win mob 6.5 and it's a mess (as announced!), sevral links don't follow, styles are missing but it's not the major problem. And try also on several emulators (for the moment) like Android SDK emulator 1.5 to 2.3, and 5 BBerry emulators too. Global feedback is not bad (good with android, iOS and BB touch). But i'll have the possibility to try on real mobiles soon. I'll post my feedback after.

4. iPad: we need the possibility to use a two columns display when in landscape mode. Tablets are comming from everywhere and it's a need.

5. The framework is I think a bit too heavy. Could it be possible to cut in the core of jQuery source file, leaving what we don't need for mobiles??? Just a question!

6. Talking about communication... As I said there's a lack of communicate from JQM team. We could i think test faster if we had more feedback from you ninjas! We produce sites for our customers needs but for my part I cannot tell them what will be possible or not and in what time. And this is for me the major problem. More communication makes a better community. Your framework gain in that and more developpers, designers and other inerent jobs will use it. Don't you think? We're not just 'waiting' for a final version, we are part of the success of the framework, because we'll use it after... To be considered.

7. Managing the display of pictures is also a need. Swiping galeries with no headacke like in several other solutions.

8. I love JQM!!!!!! Am I wrong?

9. Forgot something?? Yeah of course, but I'll get back soon!

Thanks for your feedbacks

Best,

Jérôme Labarbe
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