http://www.xmljungle.com/rss.xml Its a jungle out there en-us 27 May 2007 18:00:00 -0500 180 142 18 http://www.xmljungle.com/ http://www.xmljungle.com/rss.gif http://www.xmljungle.com/1005.htm xmljungle.com/1005.htm 27 May 2007 18:00:00 -0500 Here's a great javascript called sorttable for making tables in any HTML page sortable. The instructions also remind an HTML developer that it is valuable to markup your table rows with the thead, tbody and tfoot tags to identify the logical parts of your table for better interoperability and autodiscovery. Also use th instead of td for the header cells. I am an offender in this regard, but I will try to do better from now on. As Jon Udell explains so well, it is part of improving the web as an information resource. It also makes plug-and-play with tools like this "sorttable" javascript easier. In the HTML for an example table, all I needed to do was specify the class "sortable." http://www.xmljungle.com/1004.htm xmljungle.com/1004.htm 25 May 2007 05:30:00 -0500 Check out this nice free javascript called PopBox by John S. Reid which lets you click on an image to see it smoothly enlarged in your browser. Try clicking on this: http://www.xmljungle.com/1003.htm xmljungle.com/1003.htm 24 May 2007 09:00:00 -0500 I was browsing the MusicXML "Recordare" (reh-cor-DAH-ray) site which appears to be where some really active XML music standard development is going on. Also, you HAVE to check out musicRAIN which plays sheet music graphically. Just click on the Live Demo, select a song, and away it goes right in your browser. Breathtaking. http://www.xmljungle.com/jsgame_1_overview.htm xmljungle.com/jsgame_1_overview.htm 20 Apr 2007 20:24:00 -0500 If you look at the source code of the javascript game page (yes, just View Source from your browser), you'll see the entire program. Here is a discussion of that source code. Cross-browser support Writing javascript is primarily an exercise in finding ways to do things that will work across different browsers. A lot of this program is the result of experimenting, and I wish I had kept more complete notes about all the code that was attempted before settling on the final version. At the top of the program there are several functions that support generic capabilities across different browsers. This program was debugged in Internet Explorer 6, FireFox 1.5 and Opera 9. http://www.xmljungle.com/jsgame_1.htm xmljungle.com/jsgame_1.htm 19 Apr 2007 18:00:00 -0500 Game instructions: Move your mouse to control the swiping object within the play area. The more you swipe without a mistake, the higher your point factor applied. 10 accidents allowed! Scores are recorded below. About this game: this is a free game, no installation is required. It is just a tiny javascript program of about 15KB that comes in the HTML page and using jpeg images amounting to a total of 3KB. This program illustrates the basic techniques of animation and randomized yet directed movement patterns. Read more about it in the Overview of javascript game source code.