Glad to see the community is still alive :) Happy new year, everybody.
On Thursday, December 26, 2013 11:31:38 AM UTC-6, Nutron wrote: > > > in fact, it could be argued that mootools did not fail at all but >> rather helped shape javascript into a better language and has now become >> redundant. modern browsers just don't need that much sugar and cross >> browser shims these days work around much smaller problems than they used >> to. >> > > MooTools is anything but a failure. It’s just no longer as relevant. > JavaScript itself has matured and frameworks matter less now. I still use > MooTools because a) it works quite well and b) I enjoy it’s conventions. > Also, there are a lot of spectacularly useful and well-written things > written in it. While I don’t post a lot about JavaScript and I don’t update > my repositories on Clientcide with much fanfare, I’m still pushing changes > to Behavior and MooTools Bootstrap almost daily. We’ve built a remarkably > robust UI Framework at Thanx on top of it. Here, have a screenshot or two: > > > - http://cl.ly/image/1k472329081v > - http://cl.ly/image/3E1W133S420l > - http://cl.ly/image/0j172t0l1e0p > > If I had time (or it was a priority at work) I’d release it all and at > some point I might. But my point is that while MooTools isn’t pushing the > edge of any envelopes it’s a remarkably useful set of tools and is robust, > well tested, and stable. > > -a > > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MooTools Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
