Well, folks, today officially marks the final day of The Javascript Weblog. I've had a lot of fun blogging here for the past 7 months, and hopefully my posts have been helpful and informative to you as well.If you are so heartbroken at the thought of this blog going dark because you just can't get enough of Amber Rhea, worry not! You can find me at the Georgia Podcast Network, where I pontificate...

Thickbox 2.0 is the ultimate lightbox spin off.Besides supporting multiple images, with Thickbox 2.0 you can display inline content, iframed content, or content served through AJAX with a hybrid modal.Check out the examples and learn how to add it to your site.Very slick!I wish this was out 4 months ago.Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Co...

When you think of Javascript, you generally think of the web. But Javascript is used in many different places other than cyberspace. So if you are curious about trying out Javascript in a new environment, check out these guides.Apple / Yahoo widgets both utilize (X)HTML and Javascript for creating simple mini-applications that users can access on their desktop.Both fun and functional.Developing Ap...

Sean Patrick Kane tested the Javascript performance of the three popular browsers on the Windows side to see how they stack up against one another. You can run his test for yourself with the click of a button. The results are interesting. The slowest was Firefox, most likely due to the many extensions Sean claims his love for. The winner of this informal test was almost 3 times faster than the res...

Will Jessup created an interesting rotate script using jQuery.To put the script to good use, he made a solar system model.The script is very responsive to the movement of your mouse and you can look at the planets orbiting the sun from any angle.Here is a link directly to the source code and to see the model in action, click the read link below.Read | Permalink | Email this&nbs...

Amy Hoy from Slash7.com gave a 3 hour tutorial on Javascript at O'Reilly OSCON 2006.Because she is such a nice person, Amy has released her 3-meg PDF and source code used in her presentation.These are excellent resources to keep handy when you need to look up a method or object.This is no skimpy wimpy PDF; it's 108 pages!Give it a quick read through because it is rather entertaining (well to me an...

Google has been into office products lately with Google Spreadsheet recently launched and Writely soon to be too.But Google forgot the coolest office app of all -- MS Paint.Now, thanks to a clever Javascripter, a parody is released for our consumption.Mind you this is not an official Google product, but it sure should be.The classic MS Paint interface and functionality have been captured beautiful...

Think Vitamin has an article up about keeping your Javascript clean and maintainable. The value of following these 8 steps is invaluable in creating code that is easy to read and logical for whoever has to read it. Sure, some of the tips here are fairly obvious to the hardcore JS coder, but it is good to review.Read through the article and test it against your current practices.Read | Pe...

Who says AJAX applications can't look and feel like their desktop counterparts? This javascript color selector is smooth, fluid, and looks like it came straight out of a desktop graphics app. You can drag your mouse around the big color selector box, drag the slider up and down, and your results update instantly. Other attempts like ColourMod have been clunky. I've tested this in both Firefox and ...

Everybody wants to be like OSX, including Michael Whalen of Whalesalad.com. With a little creativity, Michael has created a semi-transparent dock that fades down when you mouse over the header of his website. Inside the dock he has links with darker semi-transparent rollovers. The code is fairly simple and relies on Script.aculo.us (prototype.js and effects.js) for the animations. The hardest part...