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Daily Wrap: appMobi Releases jQ.Mobi and More

appMobi released a new HTML5 framework, jQ.Mobi, to the open source community today. This and more in today’s Daily Wrap.

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JQ.Mobi Is A Mobile-Optimized HTML5 Rewrite Of the JQuery Framework

appMobi released a JavaScript framework, jQ.Mobi today. Dan Rowinski explains why a new JavaScript framework like jQ.Mobi is so interesting.

jQ.Mobi is a JavaScript framework in the same vein as Sencha Touch, JQuery Mobile and JQTouch. Unlike those frameworks, which are built in HTML4 and rooted in Web browsers, jQ.Mobi is an HTML5 rewrite of the jQuery framework.

There were some passionate reactions in our comments.

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