A web designoper’s journal
Posted in JavaScript on Aug 31st, 2010
If you’ve ever used jQuery to fade out an element, you’ve probably discovered that there are a few ways to accomplish the effect. You could use hide(), fadeOut(), or animate() to change an element’s opacity. But what are the differences between these methods and are there any gotchas? Both hide() and fadeOut() work similarly in [...]
Posted in JavaScript, Usability on Aug 12th, 2010
View the demo here I’m currently working on a project that uses jQuery throughout the user interface to improve the user’s experience. In one section of the application there are three divs laid out next to each other horizontally as if they were three columns. The leftmost div contains a series of items to select [...]
Posted in JavaScript, Usability on Jun 12th, 2010
Thanks to Sergio for finding a bug in the carousel where a certain sequence of clicks resulted in the play button being disabled, I’m happy to release version 2.0.2 which corrects the issue. Click here for the latest version or see our jQuery plugins page.
Posted in JavaScript on May 20th, 2010
Sometime I’ll see an effect on a website and think nothing of it until I see it implemented on a few other sites in a similar way. Apparently my brain notices these things but it just doesn’t care the first time. It takes it a few viewings for it to wake up and actually take [...]
Posted in JavaScript, Usability on May 7th, 2010
Sometimes my ideas for jQuery plugins come from the need to solve a particular problem. Other times I see something done one way, and want to do it another way. Still other times they just come out of thin air. The inspiration for my latest plugin? Well, it came from a regular old, ugly checkbox. [...]