Weekend Links – jQuery Progress Bar, jQuery Kwicks, Bill Gates Email, MooTools Plugins
jQuery Progress Bar 1.1
This jQuery progress bar is as good as it gets. The progress bar animates to the next step and is very lightweight.
http://t.wits.sg/2008/06/20/jquery-progress-bar-11/
Kwicks 1.5 Released!
Jeremy Martin has released a new version of his jQuery Kwicks plugin. Jeremy's added more options and smoother animations.
http://blog.jeremymartin.name/2008/06/kwicks-15-released.html
An Epic Bill Gates Email Rant
Wow, even Bill Gates dislikes Microsoft-created software.
http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/141821.asp
When to Fire Your Client
There are time when firing a client is necessary. This article explains when, why, and how.
http://colbowdesign.com/blog2/
Calling All Plugins
Moo wants you! Send your MooTools plugins to the Moo team!
http://blog.mootools.net/2008/6/24/calling-all-plugins
![Create Namespaced Classes with MooTools]()
MooTools has always gotten a bit of grief for not inherently using and standardizing namespaced-based JavaScript classes like the Dojo Toolkit does. Many developers create their classes as globals which is generally frowned up. I mostly disagree with that stance, but each to their own. In any event...
![JavaScript Promise API]()
While synchronous code is easier to follow and debug, async is generally better for performance and flexibility. Why "hold up the show" when you can trigger numerous requests at once and then handle them when each is ready? Promises are becoming a big part of the JavaScript world...
![Fade Images with MooTools LazyLoad]()
I recently received an email from a MooTools developer asking a great question about my LazyLoad class:
"I'm using your LazyLoad MooTools plugin (which is great, by the way). I have been trying to figure out how to modify it so that once an image scrolls into...
![CSS Triangles]()
I was recently redesigning my website and wanted to create tooltips. Making that was easy but I also wanted my tooltips to feature the a triangular pointer. I'm a disaster when it comes to images and the prospect of needing to make an image for...
Cool collection. Having this codes are really cool and looks pretty on ,our projects. Thanks!