Re:75 (Really) Useful JavaScript Techniques
by thomasmallen on Thursday September 11, 2008 @03:46PM
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Those aren't techniques, that's a list of 75 scripts, some of which are full-on applications (AjaxIM). And what on earth is the point of using JavaScript to make, of all things, CSS sprites? Those were meant to be a substitute for JavaScript image replacement in the first place, and to reduce page load times.
Re:75 (Really) Useful JavaScript Techniques
by noodle on Friday September 12, 2008 @12:25AM
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ironic that you're critiquing the use of javascript for css sprites when the article was written by one of the guys that coined the term and mainstreamed the technique.
edit: but yes, its a post designed for cut-n-paste coders.
Re:75 (Really) Useful JavaScript Techniques
by qhoxie on Thursday September 11, 2008 @03:56PM
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Dave Shea's article on sprites is a great extension on the original method. If you want simple spirtes, CSS works fine, but he is just making it a bit sexier.
Re:75 (Really) Useful JavaScript Techniques
by deafmetal on Friday September 12, 2008 @05:09PM
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OOps! The following comment was in the wrong thread...
Was meant for "THIS is the page that made doing OOP in Javascript click for me"
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Wow, that really is an incisive article! I've been hacking AS2 + 3 for the last 7 years after being a proper JS head for the previous 4, this makes me want to get back and hacksome JS for fun again!
edit: but yes, its a post designed for cut-n-paste coders.