wick, I made that default skin and there is no offense taken. The idea behind the default skin was to not use images, allowing people to make up their own as easy as possible. I've seen some AMAZING styles for UI Datepicker, but unfortunately they were proprietary (someone paid them and owns rights) to the skins. Overall there has been much praise about how easy it is to customize UI Datepicker's skin vs other datepickers. However, recently I received a better default theme and will integrate it soon -- so you won't have to hold your breathe for too long!
I don't think it has been bad for datepicker's success either, because it is the functionality that we have poured our hearts into. There are 50+ customization options and almost 30 translations for a reason. Optimization (faster and smaller code base) is the main priority right now, but I will be updating the default theme as well. I've been wanting to create a whole suite of themes too, but that will come when motivation strikes. Thanks for your feedback, Marc Grabanski http://marcgrabanski.com On Apr 2, 2:38 pm, wick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No one has any better styles done? That hurts. > > On Apr 1, 8:44 am, wick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > No offense to anyone involved with creating the default examples, but > > I think the default and especially the "alternate" UI DatePicker > > styles are awful. I realize they are meant to be a starting point for > > people to customize. In theory that sounds like a good idea, but in > > reality it's probably detrimental to DatePicker's success. Customizing > > the calendar [and doing it well] takes a fair amount of CSS/graphic > > design work & I doubt many jQuery users have the skills and/or the > > time. > > > For those who aren't familiar with them, Calendar for MooTools' three > > default styles are phenomenal (link below) - clean, professional & > > modern looking. Compare them to the DatePicker default styles & you'll > > see what I'm talking about. I'd love to see a calendar style of > > similar quality available for UI DatePicker. > > > jQuery UI DatePicker:http://marcgrabanski.com/code/ui-datepicker/ > > (click the "Stylesheets" tab for the alternate style example .. pretty > > clunky) > > MooTools Calendar:http://www.electricprism.com/aeron/calendar/ > > > Anyone have any better examples of UI DatePicker styles?
