75 (Really) Useful JavaScript Techniques

Re:75 (Really) Useful JavaScript Techniques by thomasmallen on Thursday September 11, 2008 @03:46PM (#301680)

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.

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Re:75 (Really) Useful JavaScript Techniques by noodle on Friday September 12, 2008 @12:25AM (#302098)

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.

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Re:75 (Really) Useful JavaScript Techniques by qhoxie on Thursday September 11, 2008 @03:56PM (#301697)

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.

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