Khan Academy iPad app launched
This app seems to be a blend of native UIKit development and jQuery Mobile. The navigation on the left-hand side is native and really fluid, but on the right-hand side (where the videos and subtitles are) is a UIWebView with jQuery-Mobile-powered pages. That's why the scrolling performance of the subtitles is so shitty (compared to native scrolling) and why the "share" and "download" buttons don't really look native. But an average user wouldn't notice these things, so I guess they're not important.<p>I just don't understand why the developers didn't do everything natively. What are the advantages of using - in my mind - inferior technology like jQuery Mobile in an app that's completely custom-built anyway? It can't be that much more work to do the whole interface with UIKit.<p>Other than that I think it's a really good app (and great content, too). So, congratulations to the developers and Sal!