DHTML API progress once again
I've made a lot of progress on some DHTML programming over the last week. With the advent of Firefox 1.0 final, I decided to turn more attention to making my bugLib scripts compatible with it.
One thing that I am particularly happy with is my new image popup script. It now works with Opera 7 and Firefox 1.0 The coolness of this new version is that is computes the window chrome of the popup window so I can fit the window the exact size of the image it contains. I need to do this because if you're using a WinXP system, you will notice my old popup script sizes differently depending on what theme you're using. The new XP themes have bulky window chrome and they are different dimensions than the windows classif look. Anyway, that is no longer a concern with my new popup code.
Give it a try here: http://www.bugimus.com/dhtml/bugLib/bugLib1.0_Test/imagePop.html
Another bit of progress comes with the new slider button I've crafted. Not only does this nifty little object work nicely in IE6, but I've got it working perfectly in Firefox and I will soon have it compatible with Opera 7. I really like this one and I plan on implementing a brightness and contrast control box to my homepage. It will be a demo kind of thingy but I can see how this slider can be used in quite a few other ways. My long term goal is to emulate a winamp kind of device on my dhtml section. It will look and feel just like one of those intricate skins that I love so much in winamp. It may not have a lot of practical use but it will look sweeet if ever I can pull it off.
Try the bugSlider out here: http://www.bugimus.com/dhtml/bugLib/bugLib1.0_Test/bugSlider.html
too cool said the bumpkin
I kept waiting for colors to change on the sliders or something, then I realized, true code weiners are more than satisfied with numbers moving :D
The numbers are easily accesible from the slider so the cool thing is that those numbers can be applied to anything on the page. Colors are definitely high on the list of targets. I'll work the demo up a bit to show off some more of what can be done with it.
Don't dumb it down on account of me!
:D
It's smooth as silk man, lotta applications for such a thing I'm sure!
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