On Nov 13, 2008, at 5:26 PM, John Resig wrote: > > This is an interesting point - I wonder if considerations about the > "smoothness" of jQuery animations is just related to the default > easing function that we use. Thoughts? > > --John
That's an interesting idea that I hadn't thought of before. The perception might also be related to the little "jump" that occurs when sliding an element that has padding or margin. This happens so often that I wonder if people assume it's a problem with jQuery itself. You can see this occur, for example in the accordion example on the jQuery UI ThemeRoller page: http://ui.jquery.com/themeroller --Karl ____________ Karl Swedberg www.englishrules.com www.learningjquery.com > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Mehmet Sukan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 5:18 PM > Subject: Re: jQuery animations > To: John Resig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > I was comparing the default easing setting (which is more linear) with > a mootools animation, which uses one of these methods: > > http://www.robertpenner.com/easing/ > > --- On Thu, 11/13/08, John Resig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: John Resig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: jQuery animations > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Thursday, November 13, 2008, 4:14 PM > > Maybe - which easing functions were you using? > > --John > > > > On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 3:24 AM, Mehmet Sukan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> John, >> >> I did some research, and it turns out the difference is the > "easing" of the >> animations. Mootools have some easing methods included in the > library, > while >> they are available to jquery as a plugin. >> >> Are there any plans on adding these easing methods to the jQuery >> core? >> >> Mehmet >> >> --- On Sun, 11/9/08, John Resig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> From: John Resig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: jQuery animations >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Date: Sunday, November 9, 2008, 4:47 PM >> >> Mehmet - >> >> I'm not really sure if there is a difference - do you think you >> could >> put together a page that shows how the two animations differ in >> quality? It would help us to improve the library, certainly. >> >> --John >> >> >> >> On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 6:47 PM, Mehmet Sukan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have a question about your project and I'd really appreciate it > if >> you >>> > have time to answer. >>> >>> I would like to thank you and everyone working on jQuery project. >>> You >> helped >>> designers like me to use and learn javascript. >>> >>> Before I started using jQuery I've tried most of the frameworks > out >> there, >>> and finally selected jQuery because of its ease of use and small >>> file >> size. >>> The quality of documentation and the plugins were a big plus for > jQuery as >>> well. >>> >>> I may be nit-picking, but the only downside I found about jQuery is > the >>> smoothness of the animations. The animations made with mootools >> feels >>> smoother (in my experience), as if they have a higher framerate. Is > there >>> any truth to my observation? >>> >>> Thank you >>> Mehmet >>> >>> >> >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jQuery Development" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
