Following the MVC 4 article on new Mobile Features, I added the NuGet package jQuery.Mobile.MVC. That package installs, among other things, an older version 1.0.3b of jQuery Mobile (the current version is 1.1.0) and creates the following in _Layout.Mobile.cshtml:
$(document).bind("mobileinit", function ()
{
// As of Beta 2, jQuery Mobile's Ajax navigation does not work in all cases (e.g.,
// when navigating from a mobile to a non-mobile page), hence disabling it.
$.mobile.ajaxEnabled = false;
});
I can not find any documentation on what exactly is not working, whether there is a bug filed for it, and what the status of that bug might be. The closest non-ancient similar mention in the jQuery Mobile Forum is
http://forum.jquery.com/topic/ajax-navigation-system-is-causing-problems
In that case, the OP's issue was deemed "by design".
So...
Why might Ajax navigation be turned off out-of-the-box, and is that still a valid concern in jQuery Mobile 1.1.0?