As requested I'm done. I hope that Charlie re-evaluates his assumptions (that people have not tried things out, that what they are doing overall is simple, yada yada) before he posts things.
As for the future yea, I'll try to consolidate. I try to give as much information as possible as to what I tried but I'll try to consolidate those replies into less posts. thanks for your help Morning and Charlie. On Jul 9, 2:39 pm, Matt Zagrabelny <mzagr...@d.umn.edu> wrote: > expresso, > > Please stop going on and on and on (ad infinitum). (I am trying to be > polite) > > Thank you. > > > > On Thu, 2009-07-09 at 12:33 -0700, expresso wrote: > > Funny thing is, I'll be blogging about this carousel. And you may > > find my implementation to be pretty complex but you would not know > > about the entire implementation and you assume that what we are doing > > is "simple" > > > On Jul 9, 2:03 pm, expresso <dschin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >>>making it difficult to understand what you are asking > > > > tell me how it's difficult, I am very thorough in explaining the > > > situation and things tried. > > > > On Jul 9, 1:57 pm, expresso <dschin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > You've got it backwards.... it makes more sense and keeps the clutter > > > > out if you stay in the same topic..... > > > > > I did not say not to stay on the same topic. I said if I start > > > > veering off into anther discussion that's talking about a different > > > > approach (in this case in that previous thread I started with a > > > > question about obtaining the LAST <li>). Then I wondering maybe > > > > instead I can just iterate through the list of <li> and grab some by > > > > index. At that point, that's a whole different issue or scope. Yea, > > > > that time I should have stuck with the thread because I already > > > > committed to the question on the index. > > > > > Anyway I get it. But I should not be posting 2 different questions on > > > > the same thread which is what I try to avoid > > > > > On Jul 9, 1:54 pm, expresso <dschin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > how the hell am I being rude? > > > > > > And second, I am giving information to help you help me. Again I try > > > > > all sorts of shit before I post stuff. I don't just post on every > > > > > step of the way. I am showing you what I have tried. So you either > > > > > get called out for not giving enough information or giving too > > > > > little. > > > > > > Chill > > > > > > On Jul 9, 11:04 am, MorningZ <morni...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > "so it's only respectful on my part to > > > > > > start a new thread on a different topic that's veering off in the > > > > > > same > > > > > > thread. Not cool. " > > > > > > > You've got it backwards.... it makes more sense and keeps the > > > > > > clutter > > > > > > out if you stay in the same topic..... > > > > > > > As Liam points out.... you already asked the index question, AND it > > > > > > was answered by Charlie, in the topic you created just 13 hours ago > > > > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-en/browse_thread/thread/8832916... > > > > > > > and yet, here's an identical topic asking the identical question > > > > > > with > > > > > > 2 min apart two sentence ramblings on them all.... > > > > > > > Realize what this list for what it is: a mailing list where lots > > > > > > of > > > > > > us provide free help out of our own time.... > > > > > > > making it difficult to understand what you are asking, being rude to > > > > > > people trying to show you the way, rambling on and on with the same > > > > > > stuff.... all that doesn't lend itself very well to make your > > > > > > issues > > > > > > worth other peoples time and effort > > > > > > > . > > > > > > > On Jul 9, 11:12 am, expresso <dschin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > Because sometimes I get into other topics not related to my > > > > > > > original > > > > > > > posts in those other thread so it's only respectful on my part to > > > > > > > start a new thread on a different topic that's veering off in the > > > > > > > same > > > > > > > thread. Not cool. > > > > > > > > On Jul 9, 9:30 am, Liam Potter <radioactiv...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > how about reading all the replies to your other thread about > > > > > > > > this? > > > > > > > > > $("#mycarousel > li:eq(10)").css("margin-right", "5px"); > > > > > > > > > expresso wrote: > > > > > > > > > Is it possible to target certain <li> in an unordered list by > > > > > > > > > index > > > > > > > > > with jQuery? I thought maybe I could use .index but was not > > > > > > > > > able to > > > > > > > > > get the syntax right. > > > > > > > > > > I thought maybe something like this would work but is has not: > > > > > > > > > > $("#mycarousel > li").index(i).css("margin-right", "5px"); > > -- > Matt Zagrabelny - mzagr...@d.umn.edu - (218) 726 8844 > University of Minnesota Duluth > Information Technology Systems & Services > PGP key 1024D/84E22DA2 2005-11-07 > Fingerprint: 78F9 18B3 EF58 56F5 FC85 C5CA 53E7 887F 84E2 2DA2 > > He is not a fool who gives up what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot > lose. > -Jim Elliot > > signature.asc > < 1KViewDownload
