[jquery-dev] Re: A Modest Proposal: jQuery Enterprise

2009-02-24 Thread Aleem B
Don't want to sound like I'm pushing my own wishlist (though this is up there on mine) but I consider browser history support to be a critical for RIA and usability. AJAXy apps have hijacked native browser navigation/bookmarking facilities. Whether or not this belongs in the core, I am not sure.

[jquery-dev] Re: A Modest Proposal: jQuery Enterprise

2009-02-24 Thread Aleem B
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 10:05 PM, John Resig wrote: > >> This is my biggest contention with the widget framework at the moment >> and I am only left with the option of copy/pasting snippets due to >> lack of extensibility features. In fact, if I may be bold enough to >> say it, I think the widget

[jquery-dev] Re: A Modest Proposal: jQuery Enterprise

2009-02-24 Thread Aleem B
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 9:36 PM, John Resig wrote: > >> 3) I know jQuery UI supports widgets, but it's a long way off being a >> comprehensive UI/widget framework. > > Absolutely - and it's a definite work in progress. The UI team is > getting larger, becoming more efficient, well-organized, all

[jquery-dev] Re: OT: Global Variable scope

2009-02-23 Thread Aleem B
>>> It's the reason why developers ought to use ("mystring"==myvar) instead of >>> (myvar=="mystring"). > For what reason is this ? It mitigates the following class of bugs (not the single = sign instead of ==): if (myvar = "mystring") // will compile/run but behave incorrectly if ("mystring"

[jquery-dev] Re: OT: Global Variable scope

2009-02-23 Thread Aleem B
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Daniel Friesen wrote: > > I honestly consider the outright statements against with to be > overboard. It's a pedantic discussion around best practices--within that context the statements don't sound overboard but I can understand how they can easily start to soun

[jquery-dev] Re: OT: Global Variable scope

2009-02-23 Thread Aleem B
> I guess it's a bit like the 'with' operator ? avoid 'with' http://yuiblog.com/blog/2006/04/11/with-statement-considered-harmful/ and more specifically, crockford's nail in the coffin http://yuiblog.com/blog/2006/04/11/with-statement-considered-harmful/#comment-720 --~--~-~--~~-

[jquery-dev] Re: OT: Global Variable scope

2009-02-22 Thread Aleem B
> What I mean is: If you set x via something like : > var x = 10; > then 'magically' > window.x is 10 > function() { var x = 10; // local scope y = 20; // no 'var' keyword used hence global scope } alert(window.x); // undefined alert(window.y); // 20 -- Aleem --~--~-~--~~---

[jquery-dev] Issues with clone and clone(true)

2009-02-17 Thread Aleem B
Hello, first time poster on this group. Joined specifically because I have hit a wall with this problem and though I can work around it, I would still like to find a resolution. I have a page where users can create new tabs. At the bottom I have a hidden div that I clone into each new tab the user