[sturmen]

Disclaimer: I'm a coworker of the author.

1. this is easy, accessible, broadly compatible. I think it's the fastest way to get to the data (especially on mobile: no going to store, no waiting to download, touch-friendly interface)

2. "soft" technical limitation of the PokéApi. He says it can be worked around, time permitting. PRs encouraged!

As far as use cases go, I think it's common to want a Pokédex of some sort when playing the games. As the existence of this blog post illustrates, this particular one was a case study in web technology first with a fun theme rather than a grand attempt at market domination.

[scrollaway]

2c of UX: You should bind the escape key to close the detail views as they appear like windows.

[roryokane]

Posted as a GitHub issue: https://github.com/nolanlawson/pokedex.org/issues/10

[nolanl]

Author here. You hit the nail on the head. :)