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Lightview & Prototip - Now compatible with IE8

Nick Stakenburg — Sun, 17 May 2009 15:05:21 +0200

Lightview and Prototip are now compatible with IE8 using the Prototype release candidate (1.6.1_rc3). This means you no longer have to use the compatibility mode workaround. You can download Prototype 1.6.1_rc3 here: http://prototypejs.org/download/

If you have any feedback, let me know on the Lightview or Prototip forum.

Starbox is also compatible with IE8 but it didn't need an update to work, upgrading Prototype to 1.6.1_rc3 will make Starbox work on IE8.

*Lightview 2.5* (May 17, 2009)

* This release prepares Lightview for IE8 and Prototype 1.6.1.
It is now compatible with IE8 using Prototype 1.6.1_rc2.

* Changed the VML implementation to work with IE8 [Peter Sunde]

* Fixed the set corners to work with a Strict Doctype.

* Work around object and embed bugs in IE8 by not extending those elements.

* Fixed 'Home' and 'End' buttons on a slideshow.

* Fixed a bug where the bottom part of an iframe was sometimes not shown.

* You can now specificy the type of view on a set using set[setname][type]
for example rel='set[myset][iframe]' will force an iframe.

*Prototip 2.1* (May 17, 2009)

* This release prepares Prototip for IE8 and Prototype 1.6.1.
It is now compatible with IE8 using Prototype 1.6.1_rc2.

* Changed the VML implementation to work with IE8 [Peter Sunde]

How to take care of IE8

Nick Stakenburg — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:32:32 +0100

To answer questions about IE8 compatibility I'll copy this solution from one of the IE8 threads, will make it easier for everyone while we wait for a Prototype release that's compatible with IE8.

IE8 was released a few hours ago, Prototype is not yet compatible with IE8, hopefully they will take care of that in an upcoming release. I'm not sure when that's coming, you can get more info on that by posting on the Prototype mailing list or on their bugtracker (Lighthouse), doing that might even help to make them aware of the problem and speed things up.

Here's what you can do to deal with IE8:

Guest:

Add this to your web page for now:

There are two ways to implement this tag:

On a per-site basis, add a custom HTTP header
X-UA-Compatible: IE=EmulateIE7

On a per-page basis, add a special HTML tag to each document, right after the tag

http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2008/06/10/introducing-ie-emulateie7.aspx

This works best in combination with the latest Prototype release candidate (1.6.1_rc2)

Lightview 2.4 Teaser - Controller

Nick Stakenburg — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:04:34 +0200

I'm working on a pretty big overhaul of the entire library. Some exciting new features will be introduced with Lightview 2.4. The most important one is the new controller, giving the ability for mixed galleries that can contain anything.

I'm expecting to finish up the work on Lightview 2.4 after the release of Prototype 1.6.0.3, so once you hear about the Prototype 1.6.0.3 release keep an eye out for the next Lightview.

Update:

Prototype just released 1.6.0.3, they decided to delay some of the bugfixes to a 1.6.0.4 release. Lightview 2.4 will have to wait for that release because it depends on these fixes.

Pushup : pushuptheweb.com

Nick Stakenburg — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:22:53 +0200

I've just released a new project to help developers move away from older browsers such as IE6. I'm hoping that once people start using this we can have a little bit of an impact on moving the web forward.

Pushup : www.pushuptheweb.com

Prototip 2 Released

Nick Stakenburg — Thu, 29 May 2008 12:43:37 +0200

Prototip 2 gives the tooltip libary something that seperates it from all the others. This is a complete overhaul of the library
focussing for a large part on the design. Adding styles, configurable stems and rounded corners to name a few, check out the Prototip 2 website for all the details.

Thanks to all who have contributed, you've made this release possible.

Enjoy!

Unlimited License

Nick Stakenburg — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:04:50 +0200

All projects websites now have the option to purchase an unlimited license.
Allowing you to use Lightview, Prototip or Starbox on an unlimited amount of domains.
Useful when you want to use a project on multiple domains.

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Nick

Prototip 1.3 - Ajax tooltips

Nick Stakenburg — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:37:04 +0200

Finally Ajax tooltips that just work! The much requested feature to have Ajax support on tooltips has been implemented with this release. No longer will you need to use workarounds to get this done, a solid implementation is now available that works with all the different types of tooltips. The Prototip website has more details on this update.

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Nick

*1.3.0* (April 15, 2008)

* Added Ajax tooltips [S. Schönberg]

* Updated CSS and added Ajax loader with it's gif animation.

* Improvements to the effect part, preventing flicker.

* Moved the hooking concept to Tips#hook
  Example: Tips.hook(element, target, {
    element: 'topLeft',
    target: 'bottomRight'  
  });
  This makes individual tips smaller and allows to hook any element with minimum calculation.

* Using event delegation on the close button. Anything you push in with the class 'close'
  will automatically become a custom close button.

Prototip 1.2.6

Nick Stakenburg — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:03:48 +0200

Prototip 1.2.6 has been released, adding a few custom events to the library that should make life a bit easier.

The custom events 'prototip:shown' and 'prototip:hidden' can now be used to call functions when your tooltips open or close. You can observe individual tooltips, groups or all at once. See the Prototip website for demonstrations and code examples.

I've also refactored the library in some places making things a bit faster then before.

enjoy!

Starbox 1.0

Nick Stakenburg — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:38:59 +0100

Starbox has been updated to work with the latest Prototype.

A lot of refactoring has been done to make Starbox faster. All mouse events are now available as custom events, allowing for a much cleaner way to submit a rating. The demonstrations show some of the custom event power by creating a Youtube style text underneath some of the stars when you mouseover. Read the 'how to use' section to learn all about it.

http://www.nickstakenburg.com/projects/starbox