[jQuery] Re: Why jQuery over Mootools

2007-08-27 Thread Olmo
I wanted to clarify. "Mootools is large based off or Moo.fx(and prototype/jQuery)>" This is not entirely true. While moo.fx may be prototype based (the code requires prototype to function), MooTools doesn't have any ressemblences/connections to jQuery (or at least not apparent to me). The only f

[jQuery] Re: Why jQuery over Mootools

2007-08-13 Thread Mike Fern
>On 8/13/07, Eridius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Well after using jQuery and then going back to Mootools i do find i like a > few thing about jQuery better. One thing i think jQuery does better is > going through the DOM and selecting whatever i want fast and easy. I also > like the .css()

[jQuery] Re: Why jQuery over Mootools

2007-08-13 Thread Eridius
You know it is always the simple thing that you never think of. Klaus Hartl wrote: > > > Eridius wrote: >> >> Well after using jQuery and then going back to Mootools i do find i like >> a >> few thing about jQuery better. One thing i think jQuery does better is >> going through the DOM and

[jQuery] Re: Why jQuery over Mootools

2007-08-13 Thread Klaus Hartl
Eridius wrote: Well after using jQuery and then going back to Mootools i do find i like a few thing about jQuery better. One thing i think jQuery does better is going through the DOM and selecting whatever i want fast and easy. I also like the .css() function because in mootools i would have

[jQuery] Re: Why jQuery over Mootools

2007-08-13 Thread Eridius
Well after using jQuery and then going back to Mootools i do find i like a few thing about jQuery better. One thing i think jQuery does better is going through the DOM and selecting whatever i want fast and easy. I also like the .css() function because in mootools i would have to create a fx.St

[jQuery] Re: Why jQuery over Mootools

2007-08-13 Thread Andy Matthews
Ah...I gotcha. You're probably right, I was most likely mixing up my libraries. -Original Message- From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eridius Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 8:42 AM To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com Subject: [jQuery] Re: Why jQuery

[jQuery] Re: Why jQuery over Mootools

2007-08-13 Thread Eridius
Well this is true and not true. Mootools is based on Moo.fx which might have been around much longer than jQuery but Mootools i believe was released a few months after jQuery. Mootools is largely based off or Moo.fx(and prototype/jQuery) Andy Matthews-4 wrote: > > > Actually, I believe that

[jQuery] Re: Why jQuery over Mootools

2007-08-13 Thread Andy Matthews
Actually, I believe that Moo Tools has been around for quite a bit longer than jQuery. It was one of the first effects libraries I looked at before I ever even heard of jQuery. -Original Message- From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eridius Sent: Saturd

[jQuery] Re: Why jQuery over Mootools

2007-08-11 Thread John Resig
I just wanted to post my reply from your other thread, not sure if you saw it: To write a class how you like, you could do it like this: function ajax_request(options){ // initialize this.setOptions( options ); } ajax_request.prototype = { // members and properties setOptions: function(opti

[jQuery] Re: Why jQuery over Mootools

2007-08-11 Thread Eridius
http://www.apex-wowguild.com/dev/javascript/ajax.js This is a example. I can create a object and then modify it based on the user interaction. If i can not store this as an object i would need to write code to create each different option the user can do instead of just modifying this one obje

[jQuery] Re: Why jQuery over Mootools

2007-08-11 Thread Eridius
Trying to reply with the code i cut out to see if it works, the code is in order 1 => $().click(function(){}); 2 => $().addEvent('click', function(){}); 3 => var ajax_request = function(options) { ajax_options = { test: 'test' }; test = function() { a

[jQuery] Re: Why jQuery over Mootools

2007-08-11 Thread Ganeshji Marwaha
Benjamin, Think google maps... It is a nice class, which can be instantiated and setup any number of times within the same page... So, in this case class offers a convenient blueprint for further instantiation. Hope that clarifies a bit. -GTG On 8/11/07, Benjamin Sterling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wr

[jQuery] Re: Why jQuery over Mootools

2007-08-11 Thread Benjamin Sterling
Eridius, If you do a search in the group ( http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-en/search?group=jquery-en&q=mootools&qt_g=Search+this+group) you will see a few comparisons between both. I think ultimately it comes down to preference. As for the class thing you talk about, can you give an example