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Archive for December, 2011

Finally, UberUploadCropper gets a much needed update. First off, flash is gone. Now you can upload and crop with just javascript and your serverside language of choice. What is UberUploadCropper? It is a jQuery plugin which pulls together jCrop, Impromptu, and FileUploader plugins into one uniform unit to upload and crop images. The latest version [...]

The Gedit Clientside plugin is now available for Gedit 3. All the features remained the same, just some minor tweaks throughout. You can still find both Gedit versions of the plugin on Github: Clientside Plugin for Gedit 3+ Clientside Plugin for Gedit 2 I moved the old Gedit 2 version to a separate branch on [...]

A new jQueryUI Timepicker Addon is now available. With this release comes many additions, including support for touch/mobile devices through integration with the sliderAccess plugin. Here is an overview list of the updates: Fix Daylight Savings bug. Fix and Add several localizations/translations. Fixed getter/setter bug. Fixed timepicker update issue with undefined “inst”. Updated CSS and [...]

You knew it was coming! An example of integrating my jQuery UI Slider Touch Accessibility addon to the jQuery Timepicker Addon. Before getting started I must note that this currently will only work with the latest Timepicker (version 0.9.8+). I had to clean up the markup generated in timepicker to make this easier, as well [...]

I recently read an article about turning the “asynchronous-ness” up a notch. His reasoning was very good, response times keep users on the site longer. Lets go in to more detail. Ajax requests allow users to stay on the same page, while the site contacts the server in the background. This may be to post [...]