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A positioning engine to make overlays, tooltips and dropdowns faster

99 points by tilt 13y ago

Imagenuity 13y ago
I've been looking for a library like this to build a guided tour in app. The demo page explains it all well. http://github.hubspot.com/tether/docs/welcome/ http://github.hubspot.com/tether/docs/welcome/
- sbarre 13y ago
  Hubspot already has Sheperd, which might be what you need, built on top of tether: http://github.hubspot.com/shepherd/docs/welcome/ http://github.hubspot.com/shepherd/docs/welcome/ But I get the enjoyment of building it yourself too :)
  - Imagenuity 13y ago
    Excellent! Thanks.
gojomo 13y ago
Nifty! But most of the effects from 'Constraints' onward aren't working as expected in FF/26.0 (OSX). (They are doing interestingly useful-as-described things in Chrome.)
- RyanMcGreal 13y ago
  Same on FF 26.0 (WinXP).
- zackbloom 13y ago
  We're working on it now, thanks for letting us know. Edit: Fixed, thanks again
lignuist 13y ago
Reminds me of the position helper in JQueryUI. I was able to extract the helper into a small file for using it, without having to load the rest of the framework. http://jqueryui.com/position/ http://jqueryui.com/position/
jalada 13y ago
And they used it to make Shepherd http://github.hubspot.com/shepherd/docs/welcome/ http://github.hubspot.com/shepherd/docs/welcome/ which also looks really handy (JS-based app tour library)
- pknight 13y ago
  I hate app tours with a passion, I wish devs would only use this if a user explicitly wants a hand-held introduction, otherwise it feels like it just gets in the way.
arvidkahl 13y ago
Thank you so much for the nifty tools. Been using messenger successfully for a while, this one just comes at a time when it's most needed. Hubspot best spot. And Shepherd looks brilliant too.
usingpond 13y ago
This is a really neat idea, more power to you for making this. It's a little slow/choppy in Safari though. Maybe you can use transforms instead for supported browsers?
- zackbloom 13y ago
  It actually does. Mind sharing Safari and OS version?
jffry 13y ago
This looks extremely useful - thanks for sharing!

99 points by tilt 13y ago

I've been looking for a library like this to build a guided tour in app. The demo page explains it all well. http://github.hubspot.com/tether/docs/welcome/ http://github.hubspot.com/tether/docs/welcome/

sbarre 13y ago
Hubspot already has Sheperd, which might be what you need, built on top of tether: http://github.hubspot.com/shepherd/docs/welcome/ http://github.hubspot.com/shepherd/docs/welcome/ But I get the enjoyment of building it yourself too :)
- Imagenuity 13y ago
  Excellent! Thanks.

gojomo 13y ago

Nifty! But most of the effects from 'Constraints' onward aren't working as expected in FF/26.0 (OSX). (They are doing interestingly useful-as-described things in Chrome.)

RyanMcGreal 13y ago
Same on FF 26.0 (WinXP).
zackbloom 13y ago
We're working on it now, thanks for letting us know. Edit: Fixed, thanks again

lignuist 13y ago

Reminds me of the position helper in JQueryUI. I was able to extract the helper into a small file for using it, without having to load the rest of the framework. http://jqueryui.com/position/ http://jqueryui.com/position/

jalada 13y ago

And they used it to make Shepherd http://github.hubspot.com/shepherd/docs/welcome/ http://github.hubspot.com/shepherd/docs/welcome/ which also looks really handy (JS-based app tour library)

pknight 13y ago
I hate app tours with a passion, I wish devs would only use this if a user explicitly wants a hand-held introduction, otherwise it feels like it just gets in the way.

arvidkahl 13y ago

Thank you so much for the nifty tools. Been using messenger successfully for a while, this one just comes at a time when it's most needed. Hubspot best spot. And Shepherd looks brilliant too.

usingpond 13y ago

This is a really neat idea, more power to you for making this. It's a little slow/choppy in Safari though. Maybe you can use transforms instead for supported browsers?

zackbloom 13y ago
It actually does. Mind sharing Safari and OS version?

jffry 13y ago

This looks extremely useful - thanks for sharing!