I am happy to see so many of you enjoying Mobile Considerations in User Experience Design: Web or Native? on Smashing Magazine. I tried hard to make sure that I presented the pros and cons of the various options in a nuanced manner in hopes that the text will constitute both a resource and a reference point for framing conversations on this topic.

Kevin from Appcelerator had some constructive feedback:

This is true. Just like with native extensions for Flash (which I also didn't mention in the chapter), one reason I didn't go into detail on native extensions is that–while they are very useful–they can somewhat defeat the purpose of using a third-party cross-platform technology if you have to also hire and keep native developers. Of course, the pros of having the majority of your team reusing their knowledge of JavaScript may also outweigh the cons. It is important to note that native extensions are available and are an option, however (and thank-you, Kevin, for bringing it to my attention).

Unfortunately, as is to be expected, not everyone was as civil. Brain Leroux, who works on the PhoneGap (now Cordova) project at Adobe instead chose to respond with a three-tweet ad-hominem salvo that didn't add anything to the conversation or address any specific arguments in the chapter:

And finally, thank-you all for your kind words on the article, I believe I've responded to all of you personally on Twitter and apologies if I missed any of you.