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- sproutworks, on 10/12/2007, -3/+39I'll definitely make use of this soon. Jquery makes Javascript programming more fun.
- goodiet, on 10/10/2007, -2/+37This is one of the best thing that's happened to javascript... it's just too awsome!
- phytar, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19Because the other frameworks rarely do new, exciting, releases? Mootools hasn't had one in a number of months, Scriptaculous' most recent version is from January, and Dojo's recent 0.9 release didn't include many "exciting" new features (they focused on accessibility, a selector engine, etc.). It just so happens that jQuery is a very active library, with a lively community. It looks like a chunk of the community can be found here on Digg, as well! (Not to mention that Digg is a user of jQuery.)
- emehrkay, on 10/10/2007, -6/+20jquery gets A LOT of love on digg. Why is that? Im not hatin, I just want to knowwhy there isnt ever news from other frameworks when there are plenty of other libraries that do this exact same stuff as this 'new' addition-
http://demos.mootools.net/
http://script.aculo.us/
http://dojotoolkit.org/demos
...just to name a few. - frakilk, on 10/10/2007, -1/+14Amazing library.
- BenBenMan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11This demo of it is awesome:
http://dev.jquery.com/view/trunk/plugins/ui/apps/gallery_advanced/ - lewhich, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9I want a post on jQuery vs MooTools vs Ext
- phytar, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8Just FYI: It's quirky in IE and Safari, we're working on it as I type this!
- bmanam, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8It's made my life a hell of a lot easier. Very grateful for it.
- scr1msh4w, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Does this essentially replace the jQuery Interface plugin? I've tried replacing the jQuery Interface code with jQuery UI this morning. Overall it looks to be very nice, but with a couple caveats. Based on some quick experiments, the older jQuery Interface plugin does seem to be quite a bit faster for sortables. I also couldn't get empty resizables to work. UI probably can't be considered browser independent at this stage (I ran into some Safari issues, though FF was good). jQuery UI's naming conventions and underlying architecture are definitely improved over jQuery Interface. I don't think that UI is ready to replace jQuery Interface quite yet, but it's definitely not far off. For a first release, jQuery UI is very impressive and thanks to the jQuery team for their hard work. It's clear this is going to be a great library.
- phytar, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6The release notes for jQuery UI can be found here:
http://jquery.com/blog/2007/09/17/jquery-ui-interactions-and-widgets/ - KingAdrock, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7I agree, being able to do xpath queries to select objects is the best thing ever
- jwcooper, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5I wasn't able to get the gallery to work in Opera 9.2...bummer...
- AlexApetrei, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7jQuery is by far simpler to use and understand. Plus they are the only ones that really look like they try and keep up to date.
- Hgoale, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5It's pretty good, but still a bit buggy. The selectables are very unreliable, draggables seem a bit sluggish, and when you hold down shift and try to resize the resizables from the top, it actually moves them up without resizing them.
- tilzinger, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6One word. Marketing.
Yes, other libraries do similar stuff, but not the jQuery way. Less code, lighter footprint, and more extensible. - adam.skinner, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4jQuery fundamentally changes the way you write javascript. It's DOM selection is amazing.
- Yogitw, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4I believe jquery is lighter weight than some (i.e. scriptaculous). Plus for some people it has a better design pattern than prototype for some philosophical reasons.
- achoi, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4I think you misspelled "firefox plugins"
- coolbru, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6It would be more impressive if their main demo worked properly in Safari. Not good advertising for a library whose main aim is to abstract browser differences.
- reybango, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Yes they are. They've been around longer so that makes sense. But jQuery has matured at a brisk pace effectively competing against PT and you can expect the same from jQuery UI.
- Snowcone, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5If by mature, you mean large and bloated, yes you are correct.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3You don't need to include tons of dependency files to do a basic stuff. Doing in one line looks cooler than creating namespaces and doing all other nasy stuff for simple tasks.
- SomaSynth, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4I'd say IE isn't very polished until it works well with this library. But I see your point.
- fibbonacci, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Wow, I bet that hurt him. Really badly. Deep down I'm sure that comment really bothers him. Your prepubescent, unprovoked, well thought out taunt, which is obviously the best that your limited brain could come up with, probably tells us more about you than you know. You have nothing to say, and what you did say was pointless. But I'm sure scanman's feelings about your insightful and though-provoking commnet will cause him to question his heterosexuality and cause him to drink excessively and enter a downward spiral of self-loathing.
Good work moron. - dgath, on 11/04/2007, -0/+3ctrl + U
- ibjhb, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Ext is very robust and has a great support group. I would highly recommend it.
- m3mn0n, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Digg uses jQuery, too? (Too lazy to check) On the main page of script.aculo.us it mentioned digg uses their library.
If it's true I guess the good old "two heads are better than one" saying comes into play. - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3a lot of this is from http://interface.eyecon.ro/
nice to see it's adoption into the core - reybango, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Yes, Digg uses jQuery. If you do a View->Source on this page, you'll see the reference to it
- subliminalurge, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I must say, given the page load times I get on digg, this isn't exactly great publicity for any of the mentioned libraries....
- daroot, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2This is Digg, jQuery has a "iPhone-like" Demo. ExtJs dont have iPhone Themes. Come on, what do you expect? :)
ExtJS is without a doubt superior to jQuery UI, i dont think it will last lohnt. Oh and screw $(this)! - lewhich, on 10/10/2007, -4/+6Ext UI (Tabs, Dialogs etc.) with the Aeoro theme look much better
http://extjs.com/deploy/ext/docs/index.html - masoncon, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I've been using Jquery for about a year and I can say without a doubt, it is one of the handiest design tools I've ever gotten my hands on. AMAZINGLY useful!
- CaptainCode, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I was just thinking the same thing. The thing where you move the mouse over the gallery icon and see all the pictures in the gallery is just like in iPhoto 7.
- Niubai, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4I mean, I think libraries are cool if you use at least 30% of what it has to offer. Most of people are using 50kb libraries to just get some ajax calls, something you could code in your own javascript with more or less 20 lines. The right thing to do is ask ourselves before start using: Do I really need a library ? It will really save my time ? Will I use a lot of its resources, so the extra javascript kb will be well used ?
- keeperofkeys, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2So your one word was pretty irrelevant. It's the features of the library, its documentation, lively and helpful community and ease of use that make it the best in my eyes.
I tried to use dojo and scriptaculous, but the penny didn't really drop. That's probably just me, but I picked up jQuery in minutes. I use it i every project I do, now. Wouldn' t want to go back to regular javascript. - ROYALWITHCHEESE, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2does anyone know where to see a demo of the other offered themes of jquery UI
- lkmbrd, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Great example: http://www.justfutoncovers.com
More: http://docs.jquery.com/Sites_Using_jQuery - ferric84, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I reason I use libraries, even for the simple stuff, is because I know it'll work across all browsers, almost cake to write, support, extend, etc
- banty19, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4Fag. Kidding.
- offwhite, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I think the use of Javascript is evolving now that it become popular with AJAX again. It just picked up again 2 years back so it may take a few more years for some of the libraries mature. By then there may be a clear leader. Based on popularity it seems that jQuery is leading the way. The team is employing some very clever techniques that put it a level above most other libraries. But another team may learn a few lessons from jQuery and produce something better.
- Yogitw, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I've been using prototype/scriptaculous and they're good but heavy. jquery seems much lighter and has pretty much the same feature set. I may have to switch teams.
- stockjones, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1It was a bit slow in FF.
- justinribeiro, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Ive been using jQuery for some time with good success. If you're versed in Prototype or something else, I don't see a need to switch over (use the best tool for the job I say). The community is very helpful and proactive on bug fixes.
- ungamedplayer, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2@dualaudi,
This post was pretty lame, without enough whitepsace after the periods, and with incorrect punchuation and spelling, which annoyed me while reading his sentence. If i wanted ugly stupid comments.... I can go to slashdot. He also brings in the "Don't mean to be a troll", I'd like to think his intelligence is higher quality than this example.
Boyah. - ShadowPt2, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1They started off with Prototype and Scriptaculous, but now they've switched over to jQuery. (and with good reason) I think they still have Prototype set up on a few pages.
- SilverRocket, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1They also use Prototype; I think when they began it was their library of choice.
- stockjones, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1EXT is brilliant. There is a jquery variant of EXt.
- emehrkay, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1ahh so a lot of diggers are apart of the jquery congregation. And yeah, you guys are quick with the releases. Keep up the good work
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