More follow up on this one... http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2008/nov/05/bbc-digitalmedia
2008/11/5 Sam Mbale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Google has a number of AJAX APIs you can use in your web pages with no > server side code, you need only include a single <script> tag on your web > page with your Google API key. This method provides access to a growing > list of the most popular JavaScript open source libraries. More details > here http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxlibs/ > On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 12:34 PM, Brian Butterworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> Aleem, >> >> 2008/11/5 Aleem B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> >>> FWIW, adding an onclick is not the preferred way of doing this. It's >>>>> better to attach events to anchors during document.onload event. If >>>>> anchors >>>>> need to be filtered, dom/css classes can be used. >>>> >>>> >>>> Sounds interesting, care to share a little more about this method? >>>> >>>> >>> There are some good Javascript APIs out there for providing interesting, >>> cross-browser functionality. Prototype (prototypejs.org), jQuery and YUI >>> are popular ones I can think of. Under jQuery you would have: >>> $('a.outlink).click(function() { ... } >>> >>> which finds anchors with class name outlink and attaches an onclick event >>> thus abstracting a lot of the JS tediousness. I actually managed to write up >>> a pretty cool Web 2.0 Scrabble game while exploring Prototype.js >>> http://aleembawany.com/yabble/ >>> >>> Google for jQuery or Prototype getting started tutorials. You should be >>> looking to do away with any and all JS in your markup just like you would do >>> with CSS. >>> >>> >> Thanks for that. I was interested as I was about to try using jQuery for >> another project... >> >> >> >> -- >> Brian Butterworth >> >> follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist >> web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover >> advice, since 2002 >> > > > > -- > Sam Mbale > Mpelembe Network > http://www.mpelembe.net > > Follow me on http://twitter.com/mpelembe > > -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002
