Moo Fight!
Well, not really. But the guys at AJAXian forgot to include MooTools in a JavaScript framework survey, someone claimed to post as a MooTools dev, flamed everybody, the REAL MooTools devs posted, and people got upset.
Recent Features
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fetch API
One of the worst kept secrets about AJAX on the web is that the underlying API for it,
XMLHttpRequest, wasn't really made for what we've been using it for. We've done well to create elegant APIs around XHR but we know we can do better. Our effort to...![CSS @supports]()
CSS @supports
Feature detection via JavaScript is a client side best practice and for all the right reasons, but unfortunately that same functionality hasn't been available within CSS. What we end up doing is repeating the same properties multiple times with each browser prefix. Yuck. Another thing we...
Incredible Demos
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Spyjax: Ajax For Evil Using Dojo
The idea of Spyjax is nothing new. In pasts posts I've covered how you can spy on your user's history with both MooTools and jQuery. Today we'll cover how to check user history using the Dojo Toolkit. The HTML For the sake of this...
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CSS pointer-events
The responsibilities taken on by CSS seems to be increasingly blurring with JavaScript. Consider the
-webkit-touch-calloutCSS property, which prevents iOS's link dialog menu when you tap and hold a clickable element. Thepointer-eventsproperty is even more JavaScript-like, preventing: click actions from doing...