Kendo UI: "native looking" HTML5

Kendo UI - The Art of Web Development


Telerik, the maker of popular web development tools and libraries
have a new JavaScript framework that helps make "native looking" mobile HTML5 apps. This is a result of 10 years of development of web tools...

Kendo UI is similar to jQuery Mobile UI, but with important difference:
while jQuery Mobile UI provides universal look and feel for all platforms,
Kendo UI auto-adjust to platform, such as iOS, Android, etc.
This helps make web apps that look more like "native",
to help acceptance of apps in app store.

This approach is similar to Mono tools for iOS and Android,
where "native" apps are built in C#, but GUI is based on controls from actual platform.
Apparently users like "native looking" and now is the race how to make them most effectively.

Kendo UI library has a dual license: commercial ($399/dev), and GPLv3 open source.

Here is an excellent related podcast interview @ Hanselminutes.

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