Thanks Richard W. And thanks to everyone who has commented. I am glad that most of the issues raised have been purely philosophical. :)
Jose, please use whatever plugin you feel is best suited for you needs. The whole purpose of a plugin is you don't need to worry about what's inside. If you have a conviction that you want to use jQuery UI somewhere, please do. I've seen that jQuery UI-based cropping demo and frankly it's broken. I don't think that's jQuery UI's fault, but it does not make a very compelling demo. Nor does the demo include documentation, downloads, or anything else I can see. Surely jQuery UI could have been used, but I was not/am not familiar enough with it. Therefore, I cannot comment if it would actually benefit more than my coding time. I also wanted to minimize the codebase and dependencies. I do plan to experiment with the UI libraries. If they prove beneficial, a future release may use it. Or, I may incorporate some of UI's optimizations in my own code, if applicable. As with the naming (e.g. Jcrop vs. jCrop), these are issues I considered a lot. It's very possible that I made some wrong choices. This is the first time I've ever seen lack of a dependency as a detriment to someone. Ultimately, I choose plugins based on other factors. -Kelly On Sep 17, 4:41 am, Richard W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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
