Palm webOS

Acknowledgments

Many people contributed to the subject of this book, and in several cases contributed directly to the material that you are about to read. Projects like this are built upon a foundation created by dozens if not hundreds of people; it is impossible to properly acknowledge everyone’s contribution.

To start with: the entire webOS product team, particularly the Apps SW & Services, System Software, and Product Engineering teams, have accomplished an incredible feat with the release of the Palm Prē and webOS. This is the finest and most committed group of people that I have ever worked with. The past year was one in which it seemed there was a new development everyday that would leave me amazed, and over time it was clear that the team was on the verge of something truly special.

Despite the incredible workload that everyone was under, everyone on the team gave generously of his or her time. I am particularly grateful to Rob Tsuk, a principal webOS architect and developer of critical parts of the Mojo framework, for all of his help throughout this book project. Rob spent hours at some very inconvenient times, patiently answering questions and educating me on many aspects of web technology and details of Palm webOS and the Mojo framework. And if that weren’t enough, Rob reviewed every chapter in the book and did his best to keep me on track throughout.

Special thanks to Justin Tulloss, whose candid comments had a huge impact on the structure and shape of the book and for keeping ...