Hi Marc - I couldn't agree more, the functionality & range of options for DatePicker is incredible, especially considering how complicated a calendar app is. I should have mentioned that in my first post.
Ironically in looking around for other DatePicker styles, I ran across your blog entry about Google using DatePicker UI & saw you wrote, "I think the simple skin provides an easy way to adopt the datepicker's look and feel into web applications, but I think that we need new skins for the datepicker. If anyone wants to contribute designs please let me know." Amen :) With so many features, it seems odd to me that there isn't some sort of style library or at least more polished skins available - that's the only area I can think of where DatePicker is lagging. Thinking out loud, would you consider having a design competition, similar to what happened with the jQuery logo? It could be a nice way to involve the community of people using DatePicker. What I meant by "detrimental to DatePicker's success" is with better skins available, I think DatePicker would appeal more to folks looking for a "drop-in" solution - mainly beginners & anyone short on time - I imagine that's a fairly wide segment of potential DatePicker users especially now that jQuery is mainstream. Thanks for the reply & the great plugin. -Wick http://www.CarComplaints.com On Apr 3, 10:57 am, 1Marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 UIDatepicker, 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 UIDatepicker'sskin 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 fordatepicker'ssuccess 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 Grabanskihttp://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" UIDatePicker > > > 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 toDatePicker'ssuccess. 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 theDatePickerdefault styles & you'll > > > see what I'm talking about. I'd love to see a calendar style of > > > similar quality available for UIDatePicker. > > > > jQuery UIDatePicker: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 UIDatePickerstyles?
