I don't think we'll see big companies throwing their weight behind iOS-quality web frameworks in the near term. It would be misaligned with their incentives. Wh

I don't think we'll see big companies throwing their weight behind iOS-quality web frameworks in the near term. It would be misaligned with their incentives. When Apple develops UIKit and the associated development tools, they convince developers to move to iOS. When Google develops Android, they convince developers to move to their platform. When someone makes a web framework, they convince people to move to a platform where they have no skin in the game. You don't sell more devices through convincing people to move to an open platform. Further, I think the author hugely underestimates the effort that goes into designing an iOS/Android quality framework. Those frameworks go way beyond the MVC microframeworks that are the rage these days. These frameworks consist of many detailed high-quality images, gradients, sheens, and finely tuned animations. You can't just start an open source project and expect engineers to magically produce these assets in a coherent manner. It takes a large team of designers (and a dictator) many man-years to produce these assets.