Comments on: tooltip.js version 0.2

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:54:24 +0000

I like this with prototype, however, it doesn’t work so well in IE6 — the anchor point for the tooltip div is slightly off (by 150 pixels) from the mouse x,y. …it works beautifully in Firefox 1.5 and 2 though.

By: carter

carter — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 22:48:28 +0000

@Mario: Yes it is a js framework (or library, whatever you want to call it). A very good one.

The reason you people hate it is because it came along after prototype and after you already had dependencies on prototype. jQuery is awesome, but a lot of people won’t admit it because they think nothing should replace the almighty prototype. Gotta swallow that pride at some stage ;)

By: Les

Les — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 15:52:16 +0000

The code below can be simplified:

$$(“*”).findAll(function(node){
return node.getAttribute(‘title’);
})

to just

$$(“[title]“)

By: Mario

Mario — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 17:37:41 +0000

i tend to agree. there are several fixes out there. I use http://www.hedgerwow.com/360/bugs/css-select-free.html
with my tooltip script (i think its easier just to make your own tooltip script to fit your needs. most are bloated). I use Prototype to make mine but the entire site uses Prototype (compressed and only parts needed for each page).

By: Aaron Campos

Aaron Campos — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 17:24:41 +0000

To me, any tooltip framework that does not incorporate the IE/IFRAME hack/fix (to ensure that the tooltip sites above select boxes in IE) is unusable. As such, this is unusable to me.

By: Mario

Mario — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 15:43:33 +0000

I am kinda glad. I hate reading the jQuery cult posts… its not a religion its a framework. Its not a better idealogy. Its a framework. It wont solve world hunger. Its a js framework.

By: jQuery enthousiast

jQuery enthousiast — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 15:22:35 +0000

It is a shame that this website only announces news from prototype, YUI and Dojo, but not from jQuery. We send in news all the time but nothing gets placed.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 15:18:01 +0000

I must say that I quite like the library and its size if you are already using Prototype.

Its pretty flexible and useful to me.

By: Dan Atkinson

Dan Atkinson — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 14:59:44 +0000

Argh. Awful.

By: Dan Atkinson

Dan Atkinson — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 14:59:12 +0000

I’ll be honest and say that, for what it looks like and for the size of the library it runs on, it’s an aweful lot of code.