Very very nice thank you Kelly. RE ui debate: i haven't taken a look a the code of this plugin, but from a users experience it does seem to have smoother dragging than the jQ UI example.
On Sep 16, 7:22 pm, Jose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > thanks. > > I am a bit confused which one should I use. I think some plugin > authors should be encouraged > to go the UI way, if the advantages are clear. > > Maybe the author can comment why he didn't pick UI as the base to > build the plugin > > regards > jose > > On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 9:38 PM, Richard D. Worth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > jQuery UI could be used (thought it isn't in this case) to make a crop > > component like this. You would make use of three lower-level interaction > > plugins: > > > Mouse (internal, in ui.core.js) > > Draggables (ui.draggable.js, builds on mouse) > > Resizables (ui.resizable.js, builds on mouse) > > > So there's a bit of overlap. Here's a very simple demo of one done in that > > way: > > >http://ui.jquery.com/repository/real-world/image-cropper/ > > > The other thing that jQuery UI would offer a plugin like this is a widget > > plugin system that abstracts out some common elements like defaults, > > options, method calls, getters/setters. I think it would quite interesting. > > > - Richard > > > On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 2:00 PM, Jose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> hi, > > >> how does the plugin compare to the functionality in UI ? > > >> thanks and regards, > >> jose > > >> On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 11:35 PM, Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > Announcing initial release of Jcrop image cropping plugin for jQuery. > >> > This is my first plugin release, so I would appreciate any feedback. > > >> >http://deepliquid.com/content/Jcrop.html > >> > Also posted to plugins.jquery.com > > >> > There are some rough edges in the API and a few other minor issues. > >> > More work to do before 1.0, but what's there is pretty functional. > >> > I needed to push it out or I'd keep tinkering forever... > > >> > Thanks for looking! > >> > -Kelly
