thanks. I am a bit confused which one should I use. I think some plugin authors should be encouraged to go the UI way, if the advantages are clear.
Maybe the author can comment why he didn't pick UI as the base to build the plugin regards jose On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 9:38 PM, Richard D. Worth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > jQuery UI could be used (thought it isn't in this case) to make a crop > component like this. You would make use of three lower-level interaction > plugins: > > Mouse (internal, in ui.core.js) > Draggables (ui.draggable.js, builds on mouse) > Resizables (ui.resizable.js, builds on mouse) > > So there's a bit of overlap. Here's a very simple demo of one done in that > way: > > http://ui.jquery.com/repository/real-world/image-cropper/ > > The other thing that jQuery UI would offer a plugin like this is a widget > plugin system that abstracts out some common elements like defaults, > options, method calls, getters/setters. I think it would quite interesting. > > - Richard > > On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 2:00 PM, Jose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> hi, >> >> how does the plugin compare to the functionality in UI ? >> >> thanks and regards, >> jose >> >> On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 11:35 PM, Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> > Announcing initial release of Jcrop image cropping plugin for jQuery. >> > This is my first plugin release, so I would appreciate any feedback. >> > >> > http://deepliquid.com/content/Jcrop.html >> > Also posted to plugins.jquery.com >> > >> > There are some rough edges in the API and a few other minor issues. >> > More work to do before 1.0, but what's there is pretty functional. >> > I needed to push it out or I'd keep tinkering forever... >> > >> > Thanks for looking! >> > -Kelly >> > > >
