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(disclaimer: I'm Thomas Fuchs) The reasons are manifold, but the core reasons are as follows: 1) the scriptaculous fx framework was the first serious JS/DOM an

(disclaimer: I'm Thomas Fuchs) The reasons are manifold, but the core reasons are as follows: 1) the scriptaculous fx framework was the first serious JS/DOM animation toolkit out there, and by version 1.8.X it was full of old cruft (e.g. hacks for browsers no one uses anymore) 2) I personally needed some more mature effects for my projects (like the pepsicozeitgeist twitter vis amy hoy did with me) and maybe most important: 3) hacking just for the fun of it :)

davidw 17y ago
Seeing as how you're watching this discussion, I'll throw out an unrelated question: It seems that jQuery has gained a lot of momentum lately. What are your thoughts on it and prototype? I'm just an 'end user' and try not to do too awfully much with JS, and they all seem like nice work to me... I'm just curious which way the wind's blowing.
- madrobby 17y ago
  I think there are several really great frameworks out there, each one target to specific audiences. I see the current situation as follows: jQuery: The "I don't have to learn JavaScript" audience, quick+easy to improve certain page interactions. Tons of plugins, but quality and customization options vary wildly. Prototype: The "I'd like to roll my own components" audience, very Ruby-like, super-easy to do your own specialized UI stuff. Has a learning curve, however. Dojo, YUI: The "I'm enterprisey and like to edit configuration files" audience. Componentized frameworks, which can do everything (but make tradeoffs for complexity). And of course there are others, serving various niches. Your choice depends: Site or app? And do you just want to skin some prefab components, but your site will look like thousands of others, or do you want to roll your own and do more complex stuff and stand out of the crowd?
  - smoofles 17y ago
    Don't forget Ext.js: "I hope using this will not make me have to think about UI design. Oooh, shiny late-nineties buttons!" ... :P
100k 17y ago
This is what I was looking for on the site. I think the site should explain why people would want to use scripty2 versus the original.

davidw 17y ago

Seeing as how you're watching this discussion, I'll throw out an unrelated question: It seems that jQuery has gained a lot of momentum lately. What are your thoughts on it and prototype? I'm just an 'end user' and try not to do too awfully much with JS, and they all seem like nice work to me... I'm just curious which way the wind's blowing.

madrobby 17y ago
I think there are several really great frameworks out there, each one target to specific audiences. I see the current situation as follows: jQuery: The "I don't have to learn JavaScript" audience, quick+easy to improve certain page interactions. Tons of plugins, but quality and customization options vary wildly. Prototype: The "I'd like to roll my own components" audience, very Ruby-like, super-easy to do your own specialized UI stuff. Has a learning curve, however. Dojo, YUI: The "I'm enterprisey and like to edit configuration files" audience. Componentized frameworks, which can do everything (but make tradeoffs for complexity). And of course there are others, serving various niches. Your choice depends: Site or app? And do you just want to skin some prefab components, but your site will look like thousands of others, or do you want to roll your own and do more complex stuff and stand out of the crowd?
- smoofles 17y ago
  Don't forget Ext.js: "I hope using this will not make me have to think about UI design. Oooh, shiny late-nineties buttons!" ... :P

100k 17y ago

This is what I was looking for on the site. I think the site should explain why people would want to use scripty2 versus the original.