Hi Walter,
Thanks so much for this. It is working perfectly.
There is only one issue I am having:
While it works in Firefox and Safari, I tried using IE8 and noticed
that it works on one computer, but not on another.
Do you have any experiences with this script and IE8, anything to
watch out
No, but please define doesn't work. Does the animation fail, does the
text not change...?
Walter
On Mar 14, 2011, at 8:34 AM, PartisanEntity wrote:
Hi Walter,
Thanks so much for this. It is working perfectly.
There is only one issue I am having:
While it works in Firefox and Safari, I
The list is displayed in its entirety without animations.
It's almost as if the JavaScript it being ignored completely in IE8.
I pasted your JavaScript into a file which I called newslist.js.
I linked to it in the head section of my html file like so:
script type=text/javascript
And you also loaded Prototype and Scriptaculous before that, in that
order, right? Can you post a link? I have IE8 with a debugger enabled
here on a VM, I could see if any errors suggest themselves.
Walter
On Mar 14, 2011, at 12:20 PM, PartisanEntity wrote:
The list is displayed in its
Sorry for the rant, but I came to Prototype by way of early
exploration with Rails. I found Prototype approachable and learn-able
in a way that I didn't (and don't) find jQuery to be.
I've invested years in learning Prototype and it has trained and
patterned my JavaScript brain. I'm quite
I can tell you my experience, perhaps others have had a similar ones. I
tried jquery and found that I liked its ability to chain a lot. It toggles
more powerfully than prototype. I also like the fact that I only need one
reference for plenty of effects -- as many as I'll ever care about.Jquery
Another anecdote along with Jane's... i make a lot of comparisons to
jQuery as well because it's the only other library i've gotten
familiar with.
i still really like Prototype's robust set of utility data storage
functions. i get wary of storing data directly on elements
[jQuery.data()] and
