Last night, instead of working on work stuff (which I've been spazzing on and getting behind, ugh) , I experimented with using the Script.aculo.us dynamic html library in the backend of Singapore for reordering, moving and deleting images. Wheeeee. It took longer than I want to admit just to figure out how to wire up a button to move all the dragged divs back into their original container... DHTML accomplished via Javascript-coerced-to-look-like-Ruby is really head-hurty when you don't actually know any Ruby.*
If I go anywhere with it I suspect I may try finding a smaller effects library and rolling a few of the functions myself; 144k (after including just the parts of the library I require) is a hell of a lot of extra crap to load just for WHEE DRAGGY DRAG!!! - even when I only call for it on the pages you can do it on.
I feel dirty. Next thing I know I'll be using 8-pixel type and putting round corners and shiny plastic gradients on everything, because I'll have caught the web 2.0 disease...
* sortable list reset code 'cause NONE of the examples do anything like this: ( code cut )
If I go anywhere with it I suspect I may try finding a smaller effects library and rolling a few of the functions myself; 144k (after including just the parts of the library I require) is a hell of a lot of extra crap to load just for WHEE DRAGGY DRAG!!! - even when I only call for it on the pages you can do it on.
I feel dirty. Next thing I know I'll be using 8-pixel type and putting round corners and shiny plastic gradients on everything, because I'll have caught the web 2.0 disease...
* sortable list reset code 'cause NONE of the examples do anything like this: ( code cut )