It was announced over the weekend that the alpha version of jQuery Mobile is now available. Given that it is an alpha release I'm trying my best not to judge it too harshly as it will undoubtedly be a very slick framework to have around once it is fully fleshed out. From a coding standpoint, it makes heavy use of the HTML5 data attributes; a very clever and smart way of going about integrating the JS and the markup. From a user experience standpoint, it's not as tight feeling as jQTouch - transitions are a bit awkward and sometimes the click history gets confused on where you're trying to go. However, jQTouch is meant for Webkit browsers and nothing more - jQuery Mobile is throwing a much wider net with their compatibility plan; a huge leg up in their favor.

In other news, jQuery 1.4.3 was released and the improvements made are all quite welcome.