Brice Burgess schrieb: >> I really don't like the idea of forking jQuery, but I'd much rather have >> less selectSomething logic and more doSomething logic, so maybe at some >> point I'll prepare a version of about the same size (or bigger) with >> emphasis on the opposite end. Or maybe not. jQuery does things about 80% the >> way I would do it myself, so I guess I have to sacrifice the 20% and do >> things the jQuery way. I need to write a blog entry titled "How I Learned To >> Stop Worrying And Love The jQuery"! >> >> > No, I don't like the idea of forking either.... in fact it is > infuriating. This is not a community that is going to balk at your > changes. jQuery can easily be extended with your own methods. Its core > functionality can also be changed. You can make these changes available > to us without forking the thing & splitting a community. See the > dimensions plugin in how it extends the $.width() & $.height() methods > for an example; > JavaScript makes is extremely easy to extend existing funcitonality, so I don't think there is really a need to fork. In addition, once you get used to the selectors, its not unlikely that you don't want to miss them. > >> I also plan to adapt my table sort/filter/autofiler/page/stripe/etc >> functions into a plugin. The existing table sorter seems to do the job, but >> I like to have all my table functionality in one place, and I think I handle >> it a little faster and more robustly in my code, so look for that at some >> point if you're interested. >> >> > It would be nice to see a fast & efficient abstracted stripping plugin. > There is one in tablesorter. There is also one available in rikrikrik's > most excellent quicksearch plugin; > > http://rikrikrik.com/jquery/quicksearch/ > That is now also available in jQuery's plugin repository: http://jquery.com/dev/svn/trunk/plugins/quicksearch/ I haven't made any serious changes, but fixed a few problems that prevented the plugin to be used without the $ alias or compress it. >> I've found a version of a "Cheat Sheet" but it's not nearly as cool as the >> latest Prototype cheat sheet. I was hoping to find a cool color printable >> sheet to hang on my wall as a reference. The API is great, but a bit too >> long-winded to hang on a wall ;) >> >> > http://jquery.bassistance.de/api-browser/ is a nice API ref that's > downloadable. Downloadable and printable, so you could just modify the print stylesheet to fit your needs (and wall size).
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