Dav's Rants and Random Thoughts

Today I have released several new items.. First, I have updated my Effects widget (0.6) to include 8 new effects designed to be plugged into a YUI Panel/Overlay/Container. You can see them here. Second, I would like to introduce YAHOO.Tools. This batch of tools has the following built in functions:

• makeTextObject
• makeChildren
• styleToCamel
• removeQuotes
• trim
• stripTags
• printf
• hasBRs
• convertBRs2NLs
• stringRepeat
• stringReverse
• setStyleString
• getSelection
• removeElement
• setCookie
• getCookie
• deleteCookie
• getBrowserEngine
• getBrowserAgent
• checkFlash
• setAttr
• create
• insertAfter
• inArray
• checkBoolean
• checkNumber

And lastly, I would like to introduce YAHOO.DHTMLForms, these you just have to see... Enjoy 8-)

Hey all -- I wrote an example that allows you to construct a JavaScript array of dates & text and display them on a calendar as Tooltips. Here is where you can find it. Enjoy 8-) Update: I have updated it to support more than one month as well as dynamic tooltip creation..

Since I posted an example on how to make a nested Drag & Drop list. I have received several emails requesting a Sortable Nested Drag and Drop list. So here it is. Enjoy 8-)

I love this logo.. Gotta have a shirt..

I skipped the .4 release & went straight to .5 8-) Well, I have added some serious enhancements to the Effects. The Effects now support passing in an option called "delay". This will cause the Effect to not execute immediately. Additionally I have added support for a Custom Event called onEffectComplete. Combining the two will allow for more customization (See the Batch Example Here). I also updated the docs here. Update: I have been asked several times, so I am going to try and build a complete package available for download. It will include the docs, source, minimized builds & the demo page.

I have smashed together a simple slideshow with the YUI tools. You can see it here. The current version doesn't handle image preloading (yet), but it's a pretty kewl example of how to combine effects to get "flash" like animation transitions..