Ribbonbar UI 2.0 Released

Ribbonbar UI is by far the best recreation of the “real” desktop ribbonbar for the web. It is skinnable, fully AJAX driven component that is ready to use on any website. What you can you do with a MS Office like ribbon bar in web environment? Whether use it for navigation, associate it with your [...]

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Improved URI to JSON Serializer

Below is an improved version of the URI to JSON serializer JavaScript class I presented a couple of days ago. What it Does: uriToJSON() is a tiny JavaScript class, using the HTMLAnchorElement interface to convert URI string into a JSON object.  The object returned by the function contains hash, host, hostname, parameters key-value map, pathname, port [...]

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JavaScript URI to JSON Serializer

Here is a small cross-browser JavaScript class, which is using the HTMLAnchorElement interface to convert URI string into a serialized JSON object.  The JSON object returned by the function contains hash, host, hostname, key-value array map of get parameters, pathname, port and protocol and the uri itself. uriToJSON() works with all major browsers (Firefox, Chrome, Safari, [...]

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Templatr HTML Template Engine 2.0 Has Been Released

I am happy to announce that just a few days after the debut of Templatr, version 2.0 has been released with tons of cool stuff. If you already know what is Templatr, just skip the next paragraphs and go directly to What’s New in Version 2.0: What is Templatr? Templatr is fully client-side, library-independent, lightweight [...]

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New website for Acid.JS Web UI

I am happy to announce that the new website for the Acid.JS Web UI toolkit is already up and running with new design, improved accessibility, better user experience and loads of new and cool features. Here are some of the highlights: The Personal Bar at the top of each page allows you to: Use Google [...]

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Imageless CSS3 Custom Checkboxes and Radio Buttons

On this page you will learn how to create imageless and crossbrowser CSS checkboxes and radio buttons by applying CSS3 generated content, gradients and UTF characters to minimal and semantically correct markup. The styled form elements will preserve their native accessibility features and keyboard support. Supported Browsers Mozilla FireFox Google Chrome Apple Safari Opera Microsoft [...]

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The New Split Button Component from Acid.JS

SplitButton.JS is an easy way to create cool looking and functional split buttons to the forms, toolbars or other components on your webpages. The script is elegant and fast with extremely small footrpint, and can be up and running in minutes. The rich client API provides various ways to manipulate the component, and the cool [...]

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Creating a Web 2.0 Button with CSS3 and Minimal Markup

The beauty of CSS3 is not just in the fancy effects, but also in the numerous ways it provides for styling your semantic, up to the point and concise markup. The solution below demonstrates how to create a imageless navigation bar with CSS3 gradients and shadows, and even apply icons by using generated content via the :before [...]

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New Version of Dialogs.JS Released Today

I am happy to announce that version 7.0 of Dialogs.JS is already available for download with lots of improvements and a new set of skins. Say goodbye to the boring default browser dialog boxes you are using on your website or online applications, here is Dialogs.JS! The component comes with custom alert, confirm and prompt [...]

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Using RGBA to Prevent the CSS Opacity Inheritance from Parent to Child Elements

This article is a follow up of another article of mine dealing with the same problem which was written two years earlier. Now, in the light of the increased support for CSS3 the solution I will offer is already fully supported by all major browsers. The new solution deals with RGBA CSS3 backgrounds for Mozilla FireFox, Google Chrome, [...]

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