What I love is the bullocks (I've been watching too much Gordon
Ramsey's "Kitchen Nightmares") these guys have (http://thinslice.net/)
have, from their website:

> Crap. The stuff that so many web "experts" hurl at their clients without 
> mercy.
> They promise style, they promise substance. But underneath all the gloss,
> they've got nothing.

> Well we say it's time to cut the crap. To trim the fat that's weighing down 
> the
> web, with custom applications built to enhance and simplify.

So, if including 200KB of JavaScript Libraries on a page that only
utilizes ThickBox is considered "trim[ing] the fat", what does a fat
website look like? That particular page weighs in at 826KB, not
exactly lean by anyone's definition.

- jake

On Nov 5, 2007 9:09 AM, Andy Matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> That's pretty funny. Whomever designed this site isn't really thinking that
> smart. They're using jQuery AND Prototype. Most likely just using jQuery to
> be able to use Thickbox. Why not just use Lightbox then and save yourself
> the load of jQuery?
>
>
> andy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Jake McGraw
> Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2007 1:38 AM
> To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com
> Subject: [jQuery] SITE SUBMISSION: pvponline.com
>
>
> Online comic, using ThickBox:
>
> http://www.pvponline.com/book
>
> - jake
>
>
>

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