Please forgive me if this has been raised before (I may have missed it) but do either of these plugins have a "contrained aspect ratio" feature
2008/9/17 Richard D. Worth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 10:37 AM, Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> Thanks Richard W. And thanks to everyone who has commented. >> I am glad that most of the issues raised have been purely >> philosophical. :) >> >> Jose, please use whatever plugin you feel is best suited for you >> needs. >> The whole purpose of a plugin is you don't need to worry about what's >> inside. >> If you have a conviction that you want to use jQuery UI somewhere, >> please do. > > > Both good points. > > >> >> I've seen that jQuery UI-based cropping demo and frankly it's broken. >> I don't think that's jQuery UI's fault, but it does not make a very >> compelling demo. >> Nor does the demo include documentation, downloads, or anything else I >> can see. > > > Agreed. Though I didn't author that demo, I've been meaning to fix it up > for some time. Seeing what you've done has re-inspired me. > > >> >> Surely jQuery UI could have been used, but I was not/am not familiar >> enough with it. >> Therefore, I cannot comment if it would actually benefit more than my >> coding time. >> I also wanted to minimize the codebase and dependencies. >> >> I do plan to experiment with the UI libraries. If they prove >> beneficial, a future release may use it. >> Or, I may incorporate some of UI's optimizations in my own code, if >> applicable. > > > Either way, :-) > > >> >> As with the naming (e.g. Jcrop vs. jCrop), these are issues I >> considered a lot. >> It's very possible that I made some wrong choices. >> >> This is the first time I've ever seen lack of a dependency as a >> detriment to someone. > > > If someone is already using jQuery UI it's a bit reversed, as the > duplication/dependence on additional code would be coming from your plugin, > not the other way around. Of course it goes further than just code size. Not > to say there's no place for Jcrop. There will always be a place for > stand-alone plugins. But jQuery UI could really benefit from having > available such a stellar image crop plugin as well. > > I'll take a crack at merging some bits of what you've done with what jQuery > UI has. We'll see where it lands us. As I said, I'd been meaning to do > something like this anyway, and you've done a lot of really great and hard > work. So, thanks :) > > - Richard > >
