JavaScript Candy

Category : ajax + javascript + programming

While I’m not a huge fan of most things javascript or “ajax”, even I must once in a great while admit there’s some things which do impress me. Mainly how far it’s advanced over the years, and those who’ve invested time to make it all happen. With all the ready-made classes available like Prototype, JQuery even Yahoo! UI with optional mixed effects from Script.aculou.us and other places, one can quickly add some interactive function where there once was little or none. And with most of the heavy lifting pretty much done for you, like with Lightbox, implimenting some simple functionality to an existing project or layout changes things completely.

It’s almost like candy. Deliciously sweet candy stuck to even more candy. And so far, what can be done within a browser these days, appears limited only by your imagination. Mmmmm compliance candy…

Ok, enough… “But, why Lightbox2“, you may ask? Primarily, because it degrades gracefully without me having to write extra rules for unhandled exceptions. Meaning, if you have JS off, you can still reach the content, so that’s both sweet, and deliciously simple. Also it’s so very easy to impliment once refined to ones taste, and only requires 2 extra elements applied to existing link tags, so that’s even sweeter. Additionally, I added an extra class to distinguish image links like this from standard variety links, like those everywhere else on this page. So now that you have an idea of what I’ll be posting about next. Well, sit tight, I’m still summing it all up.

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