if you do not want to distribute your app via an app-store or marketplace, then yes, hosting it on a website is by far the easiest option. The only issue with this is if you need to use some capabilities of the phone that are not available via regular JavaScript APIs, the camera for example, where PhoneGap would provide you with a suitable API.

Have fun, Colin E.

However, I have to say that I tried most of the PhoneGap WP applications and yours is by far the best one. I think the biggest limitations you have is not necessarily the HTML or javascript, but PhoneGap itself… which is why I’ve decided never to use PhoneGap for mobile app development. I think you did a great job overcoming the limitations of the platform you were using with this app you’ve created.

Thanks for clarifying, I haven’t really noticed this myself – but I am pretty sure I know what the problem is. I recall reading that the developers of the HTML5 iPad application were finding the application was a little unresponsive. This is because the browser waits ~300ms before firing click events in order to support gestures and double-tap. To fix this problem they created FastClick, which is native code that handles clicks, immediately passing this on to the DOM elements. You can read about it here.

It should be possible to use a similar approach for WP7.

I’m afraid the responsiveness and gray-box highlight have not been fixed in PG 1.3, they are ‘features’ of the WP7 platform – i.e. Microsoft needs to provide a fix.

Colin E.

I think that you are right about the grey box being the biggest problem.

The lag itself is not huge but is just before the grey box appears when clicking on any of the elements. It’s most noticable on the appbar ellipsis, I guess this may be due to the animation that’s in there?

Whenever the missus resurfaces from Christmas shopping I’ll give it a try on the Omnia…

I know next to nothing about PhoneGap, just started looking at it yesterday, but I wonder if any of this has been improved in v1.3?

C

Where exactly are you experiencing a lag? Is it, for example, when you click on the about button, the time taken to show the About page? The app is quite responsive on my phone (HTC Trophy).

Slight envious of your Lumia!

Colin E.

The main thing that unsettles me is the responsiveness of the appbar buttons, there is noticable lag and I’m just not used to lag on a WP7 device! This is on my Lumia 800, I haven’t looked at it on the Omnia.

Any ideas about where the delay comes from here?

C

I have submitted an issue with PhoneGap, long-term I think the only viable solution is for them to split up their library into separate assemblies based on capability usage.

Anyhow, thanks for the feedback