Make Things Move With Code: II
In my last post I mentioned Scriptaculous and Moo.fx. I have played with them and found that they are not quite what I was hoping. Scriptaculous was pretty good but it's Shrink/Grow function wasn't quite as FireFox compatible as it could have been (think DIVs disappearing and then reappearing in a different place before jumping back to where they should be).
Enter jQuery (thanks for the pointer Olly).
This has proved to be far more useful and cross-browser compatible (although the navigation on the site is a bit haphazard). If you play with it then it's worth checking out Interface Elements collection of plugins for jQuery.
I didn't have quite as much time to play with it as I had expected due to the client shortening their deadlines but from the little I played with it I was quite impressed.
I quite like Thick Box. There’s some good stuff out there and some of it’s even ok to use if you don’t want to piss off non-js users
{link added - Ed}
November 13th, 2006 at 2:06 pmCan you put something on your blog that I’ll understand now? Kittens, pink stuff, fluff, stillettoes, chocolate…??. Just a few ideas! xx
November 13th, 2006 at 4:51 pmchipmonks?
November 13th, 2006 at 5:00 pmEnough with the chipmunks already!
November 13th, 2006 at 5:01 pmI still think that most of these new things are , for the most part, entirely pointless.. much like the rest of the internet….. except for all the sites dedicated to Cakes and Kittens.
November 13th, 2006 at 6:54 pmhttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/03/Alvinchipmunks1983.jpg
November 13th, 2006 at 10:22 pmI disagree: When marketing (or indeed anybody else) want to draw attention to some shiny new feature, these things provide a nice way of doing it without impacting accessibility (if done properly). In some cases they can even enhance usability.
100% of FACT!
November 14th, 2006 at 10:39 amTalk about Ajax.
November 14th, 2006 at 3:42 pm