Friday, August 31st, 2007
Category: Component
, Prototype, Scriptaculous
Until we get <input type="date" /> into the browsers, we will need to create data pickers. DatePicker is a simple one that users Prototype and Script.aculo.us, and does the basics well (although the fade can be a touch annoying to me). It is very simple to use too: PLAIN TEXT HTML: <script type="text/javascript" src="/prototype.js"></script> Read the rest...
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Category: Editorial
Peter Van Dijck thinks that long pages work and he points to Wikipedia and pages like this as proof. The content + a lot of comments world can definitely make sense. You can use Cmd+F to hunt around, and the main content is still at the top. We have in the past been obsessed with Read the rest...
Category: Accessibility, jQuery
Everyone's throwing up JavaScript functionality left and right, most of the time without giving any thought to accessibility. Not so for Brian Reindel who has created an accessible news slider component which meets the requirements of the W3C's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0. Brian really gave the development of this jQuery plugin some good thought Read the rest...
Category: Adobe, Tutorial
Here's the first entry in what we hope will become a regular feature on Ajaxian. The Ajaxian Featured Tutorial will feature a tutorial that we've found interesting and we think the community will enjoy. Now granted, we realize that not everyone will find it interesting and we're okay with that. We want to spread the Read the rest...
Category: Articles, Gears, JavaScript
Jack Herrington and Steve Yen have put together a nice little article introducing TrimPath Junction: Junction is an all JavaScript framework that closely models the Ruby on Rails model-view-controller design pattern and implementation. And with the help of the Helma JavaScript web server, it runs the same code both on the client and on the Read the rest...
Category: Interview
Andreas Ecker, project lead of qooxdoo, sat down to have a chat about the state of the project, how it works, what it does, how it compares to other frameworks like GWT, and how it integrates with third party development environments from Borland and the Eclipse Foundation.
Category: JavaScript, Utility
Emre Kıcıman and Benjamin Livshits of Microsoft research have created a new project called Ajax View: The goal of the Ajax View project is to improve developer's visibility into and control over their web applications' behaviors on end-user's desktops. The Ajax View approach is to insert a server-side proxy (or web server plugin) in-between the Read the rest...
Thursday, August 30th, 2007
Category: CSS, Framework, Utility
When I first saw an email from Dirk Jesse about YAML, I was instantly in Ruby mode. Then as I read I realised that he was talking about a totally different YAML, his own CSS framework "Yet Another Multicolumn Layout" (compareble to YUI Grids or blueprint) that is designed for creating flexible float-based multicolumn css-layouts. Read the rest...
Category: Gears, Google
The Gears team has rev'd a new version aimed at developers. This release isn't going to propagate to end-user machines yet, as we want to time to hear from the community on the new features and APIs. Speaking of which... What's new? Cross Origin API Until now, there was no way to talk past the Read the rest...
Category: Performance
The JavaScript camp can get a bit obsessed with squeezing, and Arthur Blake's CompressorRater tells you how far you can go: There are many tools available that can help you compress your JavaScript code but it can be time consuming and difficult to analyze which tool work the best for a given situation. The goal Read the rest...
Category: Presentation
Joseph Smarr gave a talk at Yahoo! with a pretty provocative title: High-Performance JavaScript: Why Everything You’ve Been Taught is Wrong. He discusses some of his findings in performance such as, the Plaxo team found that in some cases they could achieve substantial gains by attaching event handlers inline using DOM level 0 syntax (e.g. Read the rest...
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
Category: Adobe, Presentation
TechCrunch's Michael Arrington reported 2 days ago about a new technology, created by Dr. Ariel Shamir and Dr. Shai Avidan, that could have a dramatic impact on the dynamic nature of web pages. The technology allows for the dynamic resizing of images and from the video demo, looks like it works very fluidly. He even Read the rest...
Category: Ajax, Plugins, Roundup
AjaxRain.com, the site dedicated to aggregating Ajax, JavaScript and RIA controls & libraries, has gotten a cool facelift and some much needed features. On top of that, they continue to post controls at an amazing rate with 638 submissions at last count. Some of the new nuggets include: Storing favorites Comments Voting on entries Date Read the rest...
eBay's continues plugging away at the San Dimas desktop application announcing their new v.06 beta release and making an open call for more beta testers. The new release of the Adobe AIR application includes: Improved Speed and System Resource Usage Revamped My eBay information based on user feedback Alerts and Notes A new My Messages Read the rest...
Category: JavaScript, JSON, Library
Cerny.js brings you the fun and frolics you have grown to love from XML schema: A Cerny Schema allows us to validate a JavaScript object. If an object passes the validation, we can be sure that certain statements are true for the object, if it fails validation, the validation report will inform us, which statements Read the rest...
Category: Prototype
Sébastien Gruhier, AKA Mr. Proto, is at it again coming up with a new Portal class for Prototype which gives you that ability to create a UI like NetVibes or iGoogle. For those that don't know, Sébastien is also the author of the very sweet and popular Prototype Window and Carousel classes. The Prototype Portal Read the rest...
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