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Re: CSS Naked Day » nunnone.com

Jeff L — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 04:41:04 -0000

Good to see some nakedness here as well! Nice description to boot!

Re: 2009: Year of the Beta

Jeff L — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:52:54 -0000

Nice to see you guys expanding your horizons like this. Best of luck!

Re: Financial Crisis Timeline

Jeff L — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:43:18 -0000

Ian,

Thanks for this.

Curious though - if the Clinton administration didn't reduce the restrictions, would be still be having the problems we are having today?

Re: I am going to run one mile, without stopping, before my next wedding anniversary

Jeff L — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 21:34:56 -0000

I did that about a year ago - one mile without stopping. Wow - it was hard. For some folks this might be nothing at all, but for some of us, this is a really hard goal. And I'm not even THAT out of shape - just a few extra pounds, but no endurance for running whatsoever. Good luck!

Re: jqueryvsmootools.com

Jeff L — Mon, 18 May 2009 22:23:32 -0000

First, let me say this is a nice overview of MooTools and I know that's your forte, not jQuery. That said, I have a few comments regarding your jquery examples. First, a bit of a problem with your "Anything you can do I can do better" example.

You argue that you like the MooTools example better as it's more verbose. Well, you can do the same with jQuery by simply chaining the mouseenter and mouseleave events rather than using hover.

$(document).ready(function() {
$("#orderedlist li:last").mouseenter(function() {
$(this).addClass("green");
}).mouseleave(function() {
$(this).removeClass("green");
});
});

Also, your "Chaining as a design pattern" example you have the same comment - you don't like the syntax of jQuery because you like the MooTools syntax better. Again, you can do the same with jQuery:

var $faq = $('#faq');
$faq.find('dd').hide();
$faq.find('dt').click(function() {
$(this).next().slideToggle();
});

In your ajax example for jquery, you state this:
"This is problematic because this effect is going to go off before our ajax finishes loading."

Again, incorrect. You can use the callback argument to the load() method to call the original plugin, thus making sure your data is loaded before calling the plugin.

Anyway, I know they are both great tools, and I'll definitely put MooTools on my list to check out, but I hope this clears up some of the misconceptions regarding jQuery in your article.

Re: jqueryvsmootools.com

Jeff L — Tue, 19 May 2009 11:26:10 -0000

Aaron,

Thanks for taking the time to format whatever needed it in my post. Understand your reasoning about the design pattern of jQuery. Chaining is definitely the intended use, but (for me at least) part of the beauty of jQuery is the fact that you can write the code how you want to see it. So, if you're more comfortable with the verbose notation you can definitely write it that way. Personally I get a kick out of chaining 20 methods together. ;-)

I'm certainly not trying to sell you on jQuery in any way, but want to make sure that anyone who happens across this article doesn't get the wrong impression about what it can or can't do.

BTW, the inheritance model of the classes and subclasses in MooTools seems really cool.

Also, I think it's great you're getting the word out about MooTools, as for some reason, I totally thought it was reliant on Prototype (must have been MooFx I was thinking of).

Re: jqueryvsmootools.com

Jeff L — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:06:36 -0000

Interesting to see the documentation point raised.

jQuery really does have excellent documentation. I can't speak for MooTools, but I've been very disappointed in Dojo docs in the past (and the community). Documentation can really make all the difference.

Re: Things I don’t do

Jeff L — Sun, 15 Jan 2006 00:36:53 -0000

Maybe you are too popular for services like LinkedIn and Plaxo, but you shouldn't put them down unless you've tried them....

Re: Microsoft guy talking about Firefox extensions? Huh?

Jeff L — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 21:54:07 -0000

Here's the ones I use on a daily basis

http://del.icio.us/bruno1378/extension?setcount=25