Archive for the ‘Impromptu’ Category

I swapped out a couple dark colors here on the site for something a little lighter. I also made a transition from jQuery to Mootools, which wasn’t much of a move as syntax highlighting and an Impromptu form were the only things I had going on here. It gave me a good opportunity to have [...]

The jQuery Impromptu Loan Calculator has been around for some time now, but it had a couple things missing. First was a Down Payment option. This is pretty easy to figure really in your head before computing the numbers, but its always included in these type calculations. I guess its the more formal approach. Secondly, [...]

Good news all the way around with the new Mootools release. First off Mootools is showing off its fast new selector engine Slick. Second, Moopromptu (the mootools version of Impromptu) works with the new release! Recently I also moved Moopromptu over to Forge, so you can check it out there. My thoughts on the new [...]

Sometimes my mind wonders and I just want to play with other technologies. This was one of those times. I’d been wanting to learn a little more about Mootools, especially after reading about their upcoming 1.3 release with a fast, new selector engine. So I figured what better way to learn a new framework than [...]

I thought I would share with you quickly how you can use CSS3 selectors to spice up your Impromptu buttons. Lets say you have a prompt with a Delete button. Delete normally indicates caution/danger/warning which is usually represented by a red color. We can let our CSS do the dirty work and have it find [...]