Impressions of Using YUI to Build a Website Speed Check Client
Trendics Blog (Jul 3 2008)
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Bookmarklet for the YUI Logger Control
Yahoo! User Interface Blog (Jul 1 2008)
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Rajat Pandit has put together a bookmarklet for YUI Logger that allows you to pop open a logger console on-demand — a big convenience when you’re debugging. Check out Rajat’s blog and bookmarklet page for more on this project. Keep in mind that the YUI Logger Control outputs messages logged via YAHOO.log; to see full [...]
YUI Autogrid: Correctly resize the grids
Ajaxian (Jun 26 2008)
YUI
Our own Christian Heilmann has created a new JavaScript library Autogrid that marries YUI Grids, the base CSS library, to allow for smart resizing: I love YUI Grids. I know my CSS and I know how to work around diff erent problems of browsers, but I am also very much bored about having to fix and [...]
“AutoGrid” for YUI Grids — Using JavaScript to Create Adaptive Grids
Yahoo! User Interface Blog (Jun 25 2008)
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I love YUI Grids. I know my CSS and I know how to work around different problems of browsers, but I am also very much bored about having to fix and test and create these workarounds over and over again. While YUI Grids might not be perfect for all cases of web development out there, [...]
In the Wild for June 20Yahoo! User Interface Blog (Jun 20 2008)
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It’s a toasty 105 degrees this evening in California — what better way to cool off (and celebrate the solstice) than to dive into the wild with some of the many YUI items that have caught our eye since the last post? Nicora.net’s YUI PhotoViewer: Can you ever have too many lightbox options? Check out nicora.net’s [...]
Notoptimal Dev: A Simple YUI-Powered Accordion Widget
Notoptimal Dev (Jun 7 2008)
YUI
A Simple YUI-Powered Accordion Widget Accordion menus are all the rage at the moment (as are Carousels and Sliders). I wanted a snazzy way to show my resume during my recent job search so I went looking for an accordion-style menu. I had these requirements in mind: 1) be lightweight 2) use unobtrusive Javascript techniques (ie not have scattered Javascript all over the markup) 3) use simple CSS to make ...
Implementation Focus: LinkedIn
Yahoo! User Interface Blog (Jun 5 2008)
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LinkedIn uses YUI throughout their site, so I recently sat down with three of their web developers to ask them about it. With the cameras rolling I asked Chris Saccheri (Director of Web Development, and their original web developer), Steve Ganz (Principal Web Developer), and Jamie Still how YUI fits into their development process, why [...]
Yahoo! Design Stencil Kit 1.0Ajaxian (Jun 2 2008)
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The folks at Y!DN have released Yahoo! Design Stencil Kit 1.0, which contains a full set of stencils that cover Web components in various states including: Ad Units Calendars Carousels Charts and Tables UI Controls Form Elements Grids Menus and Buttons Mobile - General Mobile - iPhone Navigation and Pagination OS Elements Placeholder Text Screen Resolutions Tabs Windows and Containers Whip out Omnigraffle or your tool of choice and get ...
Hacking BrowserPlus to work locally
Ajaxian (May 30 2008)
YUI
One of the details of Yahoo! BrowserPlus that people picked up on was the fact that it only runs against Yahoo! properties. However, some folks have hacked that restriction so they can play with it locally, and assume that Yahoo! wouldn't like this. Skylar Woodward of Yahoo! has posted that this isn't the case at all: BrowserPlus was [...]
In the Wild for May 30
Yahoo! User Interface Blog (May 30 2008)
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On the heels of Wednesday’s YUI 2.5.2 release, we wanted to take minute to share some of the YUI links and projects that have caught our eye in the past few weeks. Matt Snider (F2E lead at Mint) continues his long-term process of blogging about the work he’s doing building on top of YUI with "Dom.activate [...]
YUI 2.5.2 Released, Big Focus on Firefox 3 and Opera 9.5 Support
Ajaxian (May 29 2008)
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With the releases of FireFox 3 and Opera 9.5 right around the corner, it’s great to see the Yahoo UI team being extremely proactive in ensuring strong compatibility with the browsers in their newest release, YUI 2.5.2. Announced yesterday, YUI v2.5.2 fixes a number of bugs but focuses heavily on support for the [...]
YUI 2.5.2 Released: Bug Fixes and Support for Upcoming Firefox and Opera Releases
Yahoo! User Interface Blog (May 28 2008)
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The YUI development team released version 2.5.2 today; you can download the new release from SourceForge or configure your implementation using the YUI Configurator. This is a focused release that addresses several key bugs while providing support for Firefox 3 and Opera 9.5, both of which are expected to reach GA this summer. Key points [...]
Yahoo! BrowserPlus: Sneak Peak
Ajaxian (May 28 2008)
YUI
Yahoo! has released a sneak peak into Yahoo! BrowserPlus which came out today as A platform for extending the Web: an end-user installs it and a developer uses its features through a small JavaScript library. Some of the features that exist in the platform today include: Drag-and-drop from the desktop Client-side image manipulation (cropping, rotation & filters) Desktop notifications You [...]
Scrolling Tab View for YUIAjaxian (May 27 2008)
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Reid Burke has started a project called yodeler which sets out to create a new set of extensions for YUI. His most recent extension is a tab view which allows the content of each tab to scroll horizontally or vertically: My first offering is an extension of YAHOO.widget.TabView that uses a scroll animation to transition between [...]
Tutorial: Implementing Instant Search with YUI AutoComplete and the Yahoo Search APIYahoo! User Interface Blog (May 15 2008)
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O’Reilly’s InsideRIA blog has a feature up that steps through the creation from scratch of a sample YUI implementation. The sample application implements an Instant Search feature using YUI AutoComplete backed by the Yahoo! Web Search API. This is the same treatment we use on the YUI web site to power the search box [...]
Ajaxian Featured Tutorial: Writing Your First YUI ApplicationAjaxian (May 15 2008)
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Eric Miraglia has posted a great tutorial on how to build your first YUI application. He runs you through the steps of creating a simple application that leverages YUI’s AutoComplete Control to create a site-search form powered by the Yahoo!’s Search web service. The tutorial is a great walkthrough of both how to build the [...]
Writing Your First YUI Application - InsideRIA
InsideRIA (May 14 2008)
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Writing Your First YUI Application Eric Miraglia May 14, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (2) AddThis Social Bookmark Button listen Speech Icon The promise of JavaScript/CSS libraries like the free, BSD-licensed Yahoo! User Interface (YUI) Library is that they make it easier to create rich interfaces in the browser. In this article, we'll explore the creation of a simple web app using YUI and look closely at the YUI paradigm. ...
Two Job Openings on the YUI TeamYahoo! User Interface Blog (May 14 2008)
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The YUI Team at Yahoo is set to grow — we’ve opened up two new engineering positions to help improve, evolve, and expand YUI. Interested? Email your resume, including portfolio URLs, to yui-jobs /at/ yahoo /dash/ inc /dot/ com. (Principals only; no recruiters, please.) Here’s what we’re looking for in these positions: A passion for the [...]
Yahoo! Juku: Calling Tomorrow’s Front-End Rock Stars
Yahoo! User Interface Blog (May 5 2008)
YUI
A few months ago, we posted an article describing an innovative training program here at Yahoo called the “Juku.” The basic premise of the Juku is to help fill the void of professional-grade Front-End Web Development training. Our motives for doing this are at least a little selfish: The program provides us with [...]
Writing a Wysiwyg Wiki Editor with YUI and GrailsYahoo! User Interface Blog (May 1 2008)
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One of the challenges faced in creating and deploying Rich Text Editors is the number of markup formats you may need to support on the output side — ranging from HTML to Wiki-style text to purely idiosyncratic markup styles. Dav worked hard on the YUI Rich Text Editor to make output transformations as straightforward [...]
Introduction to Unobtrusive JavaScript, DOM Scripting, and the Yahoo! User Interface (yui) Library | 2 tablespoons
2 tablespoons (Apr 25 2008)
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DjangoSnippets: YUI Loader as Django Middleware
Yahoo! User Interface Blog (Apr 25 2008)
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Over on DjangoSnippets.org, akaihola has posted a YUILoader class (based on Adam Moore’s client-side YUI Loader) that makes it a snap to pull YUI components into your Django projects. This server-side middleware implements some of the functionality in the Yahoo User Interface Loader component. YUI JavaScript and CSS modules requirements can be declared anywhere in [...]
Hidden Gems in the Yahoo ObjectYahoo! User Interface Blog (Apr 23 2008)
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Mitch at PlankDesign.com has posted a nice review of one of the least-discussed aspects of YUI Core — the YAHOO Global Object’s YAHOO.lang member. He covers a number of the language conveniences provided therein, including type checking, trim, substitute, later and merge. Luke Smith from the YUI team recently added some great examples of other [...]