Mobile Frameworks
About Fluid Mobile Skinning System (mFSS)
mFSS provides a pure CSS mobile skinning framework for webkit-based browsers (including those bundled by the iPhone and Android). mFSS is used in the uPortal 3.2.x mobile theme, as well as a number of Jasig portlets' mobile views.
About jQuery Mobile (jQM)
...
This enhancement strategy means that original markup is small, easily readable, and easy to write, but also means that the framework is heavily dependent on javascript and that the final markup differs significantly from the original written markup. This strategy may cause problems for low-bandwidth mobile users, as well as creates some problems with using the Fluid renderer.
While uPortal might prefer a less-heavyweight solution, jQM appears to be a fairly high-quality project that's likely to become a widely-adopted mobile platform. It offers a number of features that are attractive to uPortal, including support for a wide variety of mobile browsers, nice mobile styles, and mobile events. At this point, uPortal needs a number of features this framework offers and should probably adopt at least some pieces of jQM.
Fluid has stated an intention to work with and complement jQM rather that competing with it. ~bourey is currently hopeful that uPortal can adopt the best parts of jQM, benefit in the immediate term from easy skinning resources, but continue to work with Fluid for a more balanced long-term solution.
...