I think the kangax initiative
with prototype UI is really what need to be done
if we want prototype/scriptaculous being push up.
Actually ExtJS seems to be a lot in advance in the place
of rich JS UI (i think they are probably going to beat DOJO).
I am using prototype/scriptaculous and have created some
simples UI based on prototype (buttons, toolbar, icons, menu etc..)
But I needed more UI like Layout, tabs etc.. so i use ExtJS (with
prototype support) for some
of them because they are really well done.
Most of the script we can find on the web, based on prototype are
single man initiative,
so everybody follow is own rule to developp them, and that's the
problem!
We need to create a really strong community of developpers for
prototype/scriptaculous.
it means create strict rules for developping components and maintain
them etc..
and what is starting with
Sébastien Gruhier, Samuel Lebeau, Juriy Zaytsev (kangax) and Vincent
Le Moign
is the best thing that have be done.
I have created a full virtual desktop (and not WebOS) (not yet online
but soon) based on prototype/scriptaculous (and a little of prototype/
ExtJS),
I hope i will be able to drop the full JS toolkit i have created (or
modified from existing prototype script) in Open source for the
community as soon as a documented
and clean version will be avalaibe.
The toolkit have a JS engine to create simple UI from XML (i choose
this method because XML is really cool to create UI cf the XUL
initiative)
example: create a window with a toolbar and a button menu:
<window id="x" width="x" height="x" ...>
<toolbar>
<button type="menu">
<menuitem>item1</menuitem>
<menuitem>item2</menuitem>
</button>
</toolbar>
</window>
etc...
Hope the prototype UI initiative will grow up.
MM
On Nov 8, 2:35 am, kangax <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Gareth,
>
> We have just released <a href="http://scripteka.com";>scripteka</a>
> (prototype extensions library) - simple repository of all prototype-
> based scripts ever released.
> The idea is to be able to choose over a great variety of open source
> extensions/widgets in a convenient manner.
> User-based rating system, tag filtering and content submission should
> make it possible to choose the best tool for the job as quickly as
> possible.
> I think this is something the entire community have been waiting for
> for quite a while and we are really happy to finally make it happen.
> The initial release is featuring a minimal set of functionality, but
> upcoming versions will definitely have more features.
>
> I also want to clarify on Prototype UI.
> The idea behind this project is to create an extensible set of high-
> quality modules with accessibility and usability in mind.
> We are following the best standards and techniques, carefully choosing
> naming conventions and documenting every Class/method thoroughly.
> Class based approach really does wonders: when my Proto.Menu (context
> menu) script was ported into Prototype UI, it only took few minutes to
> extend it with completely functional shadow.
> Such modularity might lead to what you are talking about - having a
> set of easy to use extensions which would play nicely with each other.
>
> best,
> kangax
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