MimetiKit is a UI toolkit that re-implements certain Mac OS X & iOS elements in HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript. It is not intended for the browser; rather, it is intended for use with runtimes and frameworks such as:

• Appcelerator Titanium
• PhoneGap
• Adobe AIR

...and other WebKit-based engines. MimetiKit is not tested with Gecko, Trident or Presto rendering engines.

**mimetic** |məˈmetik|
_adjective_ formal or technical
relating to, constituting, or habitually practicing mimesis : mimetic patterns in butterflies.

**mimesis** |məˈmēsis; mī-|
_noun_ formal or technical
imitation, in particular
- representation or imitation of the real world in art and literature.
- the deliberate imitation of the behavior of one group of people by another as a factor in social change.

**kit** |kit|
_noun_
a set of articles or equipment needed for a specific purpose : _a first-aid kit._
- a set of all the parts needed to assemble something : _an aircraft kit._
- Brit. the clothing and other items belonging to a soldier or used in an activity such as a sport : _boys in football kit._

MimetiKit is also a modified version of mimetic polyalloy -- the liquid metal substance that the T-1000 was made out of in Terminator 2: Judgement Day. This is a play-on-words relating to the Appcelerator Titanium product.

There are a few goals for this project.

• Run in WebKit-based runtimes and take advantage of all of the fancy WebKit features.
• Designed around desktop UIs first, mobile UIs second. Not intended for web UIs. YMMV.
• Built on top of jQuery. Framework independence may come later, but is not a priority now.
• Provide an a-la-carte tookit (i.e., a set of loosely-coupled components). Use what you need; leave the rest.
• Produce simple, clean HTML with plenty of hooks for custom styling.

Not started yet:

• Icon-based, Tweetie-like sidebar.
• Drag a list item out onto a canvas for dropping.
• Table sorting where rows and columns visibly reorder themselves.
• Animated tab sections that resize appropriately as the tab content changes.
• iOS-like scrolling list headers. (e.g. the headers stay at the top as the items scroll by.)
• Growl notification display & history. This blends ideas from Growl and Android notification history.
• Lists and grids where removed items fade before collapsing. Apply the reverse for adding items. Good for filtering.

In progress:

Done:

• Buttons
• Button Groups
• iPad-like context menus
• iTunes/Finder sidebar tree.
• Vanishing iOS/iPhoto '11-style scrollbars
• Click-and-drag support for checkbox multiselect.
• DOM generation utility. This will be DOMBuilder.

Copyright (c) 2010 Ryan Parman

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Copyright (c) 2008 Brandon Aaron. Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses.