Nice roundup from TNW.
Continuing to think about Opera and Mobile, I wrote another thing about market breakdown, Opera Mini, and the value of tailoring to WebKit.
Sencha Touch 2.0 — Built for Amazing Apps
Today we’re proud to announce the release of Sencha Touch 2.0. With a huge focus on performance, simplified API, and native packaging on both Mac and Windows, we’re certain it will change the way you think about mobile apps.
I am honored to work with the team that created Sencha Touch 2. It is, without a doubt, the richest, smoothest, and easiest way to write HTML5 apps for iOS, Android, and Blackberry.
Sencha Touch 2 Developer Preview, Available Now
This video shows a side-by-side comparison of the Kitchen Sink demo orientation change on an Android Motorola Atrix in Touch 1.1 and in our latest version of Touch 2. The new layout engine in Touch 2 is so fast we had to use a high speed camera to measure it. We shot this video at 120 frames per second, then slowed the video down to ¼ speed so you can see the detail.
Sencha Touch 2 features performance updates across the board — In load time, scrolling speed, and rendering (especially on Android). Additionally, we have a whole new documentation app, which is easier to use, includes more resources, and features 11 new guides. Lastly, this release includes Native Packaging in our SDK tools, allowing you to publish your web app to the iOS App Store and Android Marketplace.
Amazing work from our engineering team — congrats guys!
The new Android GUI PSD Teehan+Lax is, as expected, an excellent resource for mobile designers. All of the elements are vector, as well, and it’s already set up for the default Android size and pixel density.
The Xoom tablet is trim, light, and very pretty … but when you place it next to the iPad 2, it looks as though it was designed and built by angry Soviet prison labor instead of by Motorola.
TAT Home is a gesture-powered 3D Home screen for Android that marries advanced UI technology with astonishing design.
I sat down the other day for a short interview with Wynn Netherland at the ChangeLog. We talked a bit about jQTouch, Sencha Touch, and a few technologies I’ve been psyched about lately, including SASS/Compass and YQL.