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jQuery – One step closer to becoming Apple 29.05.08
There are loads of JavaScript libraries out there; moo:fx, prototype, that scriptalicious business – and Spry (or whatever the hell Dreamweaver tried to offload on us in v.8). But none seem to come close in ease, simplicity and functionality as jQuery. I’m clearly obsessed. I think it stems from an underlying hatred of Flash… and jQuery is one step closer to getting rid of useless Flash pockets all together!
As I’m a designer first, and a developer second – I’m far more interested in how stuff looks and functions… rather than whether the 14 people who still use IE 5.5 can use it. I just don’t care much about that. So this gallery is great for me to see what goodies I’m going to be using on my next project. It’s 37 exmples of jQuery plugins. And as for cross-browser, usa’ and accessibility issues, I’m reliably informed by Tom that the whole jQuery community is fully committed to standards et al…. it also works on my iPhone (give or take a few prods from my monkey fingers)!
As always, be aware of what your site looks like with JavaScript disabled and CSS off. So make sure there are no navigational issues when this is the case.
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2 Comments
“do the people who don’t use JavaScript really deserve to be using the interweb? Probably not.”
One of the great things about Jquery and the community that has built up around it is the commitment to web standards and the principle progressive enhancement.
It’s a shame therefore when I read entries from marketing monkey eugenicists such as yourself taking it as licence to exclude the blind and infirm from online society. Nice one!
Thu 29th May 2008 reply
Tom, I’m glad you feel so strongly about web standards! Something I wish more people would pay attention to. I was merely drawing humor to the fact that obviously all this fancy jazz won’t show up with Javascript off. My attempt at that was obviously poor – so sorry if you felt you were alienated by that comment.
Of course, its our duty to build websites that work with CSS/Java/Images off and with correct markup for screenreaders. This is something we pay very close attention to when we design here – and is the reason we use jQuery.
And as for “marketing monkey eugenicists” – I like that, very passionate. Not really me though.
Thu 29th May 2008 reply
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