Owen,
I can't see any compelling reason not to make the switch. Thanks for laying it out clearly for us! -Ian On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 12:51 PM, Owen Leonard <oleon...@myacpl.org> wrote: > I would like to propose that we stop using the calendar widget which > is currently included with Koha and start using the jQuery UI version > at the same time that we incorporate jQuery UI into other areas of > Koha (see bug 5481 - Replace YUI JS libraries with Jquery UI > http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=5481). > > Some reasons: > > - It's simpler to manage a single group of jQuery UI widgets than to > continue to maintain a separate set of files just for the calendar. > - jQueryUI is actively developed and packaged with Debian > - Our current calendar widget is not longer being developed under GPL. > The author asks $80 per domain for the current version. > - The current calendar widget uses now-deprecated CSS properties which > are causing problems in some browsers. > > The jQueryUI calendar widget can be tested here: > > http://jqueryui.com/demos/datepicker/ > > The configuration which most closely approaches the version we use is this > one: > > http://jqueryui.com/demos/datepicker/#dropdown-month-year > > Note that when we implement jQuery UI we will be creating a "theme" > for all jQuery UI widgets which will be consistent with Koha's colors. > In other words, it doesn't have to be orange :) > > Can anyone suggest any reasons why we should not switch? > > -- Owen > > -- > Web Developer > Athens County Public Libraries > http://www.myacpl.org > _______________________________________________ > Koha-devel mailing list > Koha-devel@lists.koha-community.org > http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel > website : http://www.koha-community.org/ > git : http://git.koha-community.org/ > bugs : http://bugs.koha-community.org/ > -- Ian Walls Lead Development Specialist ByWater Solutions Phone # (888) 900-8944 http://bywatersolutions.com ian.wa...@bywatersolutions.com Twitter: @sekjal
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