Can you explain (ever so briefly) how this would be used? Is it merely a way to quickly place pieces on an existing board?
-----Original Message----- From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Resig Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 9:41 PM To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com Subject: [jQuery] Re: announcement: jQuery-based generic board game interface Stephan - Great work! I could definitely see how this would be useful. --John On 7/9/07, Stephan Beal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hiya! > > The jQ site says that this list is "the place" to make announcements, > so here it goes... > > The past couple of days i've been working on an application for > playtesting new boardgames (a long-time hobby of mine), and it's now > at a point where it "mostly does what i want." With only about 175 > lines of JS code (plus about 3 times that amount of HTML, PHP, and > CSS), i'm still slapping my forehead over simple it is to do complex > DOM-related tasks using jQuery. i didn't have to use the standard DOM > API a single time, and had no problem finding a jQuery function to do > everything i needed/wanted to do. > > Here it is, in any case: > > http://wanderinghorse.net/gaming/bpi/ > > (BPI is a "working title" meaning "Boardgame Prototyping Interface") > > There are, of course, many more potential features to add, but it is > currently suitable for its purpose: setting up and playtesting new > boardgame designs without having to print out the boards and pieces. > > Caveat: it's only been tested in Firefox 2.0.0.4 and Konqueror 3.5.7, > but it does not work 100% correctly in Konqueror because in jQ 1.1.3.1 > the dblclick() callbacks are never triggered in that browser (a bug > report has been filed). > > :D > >
