[uportal-dev] Proposing jQuery migration for uPortal 3.0

2008-02-19 Thread Jen Bourey
Hi all, I'd like to propose that we migrate from dojo to jQuery as of uPortal 3.0. jQuery seems to be lighter weight, easier to use, and much faster. jQuery is also being used by the fluid reorderer, so performing this migration will prevent us from needing to include two javascript toolkits in

Re: [uportal-dev] Proposing jQuery migration for uPortal 3.0

2008-02-19 Thread Dustin S.
+1 for me. jQuery is very nice! On Feb 19, 2008 12:19 PM, Jen Bourey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I'd like to propose that we migrate from dojo to jQuery as of uPortal 3.0. jQuery seems to be lighter weight, easier to use, and much faster. jQuery is also being used by the fluid

Re: [uportal-dev] Proposing jQuery migration for uPortal 3.0

2008-02-19 Thread Drew Wills
Jen Bourey wrote: jQuery seems to be lighter weight, easier to use, and much faster. jQuery is also being used by the fluid reorderer, so performing this migration will prevent us from needing to include two javascript toolkits in the new uPortal 3.0 theme. These points sound

Re: [uportal-dev] Proposing jQuery migration for uPortal 3.0

2008-02-19 Thread Andrew Petro
Jen, +1 Alignment with what Fluid is using is compelling. Andrew Jen Bourey wrote: Hi all, I'd like to propose that we migrate from dojo to jQuery as of uPortal 3.0. jQuery seems to be lighter weight, easier to use, and much faster. jQuery is also being used by the fluid reorderer, so

Re: [uportal-dev] Proposing jQuery migration for uPortal 3.0

2008-02-19 Thread Colin Clark
Jen, Wow, interesting news! If you're happy with your jQuery porting efforts so far, I say +1. I by no means think this is a necessary switch--Fluid plays nice with other toolkits--but if you're as happy with jQuery as we have been for our Fluid work, it makes sense to me. We'll be

Re: [uportal-dev] Proposing jQuery migration for uPortal 3.0

2008-02-19 Thread Jen Bourey
Hi Parker, Would you guys be willing to share the portlet re-ordering code you wrote? I haven't yet ironed out all the portlet drag and drop functionality, so it would be pretty useful in finishing the up3 theme! The screenshot you sent looks very nice :) - Jen On Feb 19, 2008 2:58 PM, Parker

Re: [uportal-dev] Proposing jQuery migration for uPortal 3.0

2008-02-19 Thread Jen Bourey
Thanks! On Feb 19, 2008 3:54 PM, Parker Grimes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We use a plugin for jQuery called Interface Elementshttp://interface.eyecon.ro/ and here is a demo of the re-ordering elements on a pagehttp://interface.eyecon.ro/demos/sort.html . Attached is a patch file for the