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Isotope - An exquisite jQuery plugin for magical layouts

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Re: Isotope - An exquisite jQuery plugin for magical layouts

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Post by wdewind »

sfphotoarts wrote: post #16

I hate to make such a banal comment, but when I see things like this I cannot wait to redesign my website and use this ultra-cool technologies. After programming for 25 years I am grateful to this plugin and the developer(s) for the excitement that playing with the demo just gave me. Buried under all those years of coding standards this rekindled some of the feelings from the kid in me that would eagerly look forward…

This seems like a neat plugin, but I don't understand all the mega excitement.

What am I missing, why is this so earth shattering (read the other comments in this thread)? What is justifying people saying $37 is a "frictionless" price?

What are you planning to do that makes you so excited by this?

Re: Isotope - An exquisite jQuery plugin for magical layouts

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Post by NathanKP »

allenp wrote: post #19
NathanKP wrote: post #10

Isotope is fairly nice, but it is still missing fluid width on the layout elements. In other words, although it does respond fairly well to horizontal resizing of the browser, it still doesn't do a good job of dynamically adjusting the width of elements horizontally while at the same time stacking them vertically. I made some custom modifications on the original jQuery masonry plugin to get the effect I needed for my…

Wow I'm really impressed with the layout and how clean it all is.

Thanks allenp. I hope to finish a few last features and get it released soon, but I'm at a bit of a low point right now, and finding it hard to finish a few final details with my attention diverted towards other paying jobs and issues in my life.

Re: Isotope - An exquisite jQuery plugin for magical layouts

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Post by JonnieCache »

wdewind wrote: post #21
sfphotoarts wrote: post #16

I hate to make such a banal comment, but when I see things like this I cannot wait to redesign my website and use this ultra-cool technologies. After programming for 25 years I am grateful to this plugin and the developer(s) for the excitement that playing with the demo just gave me. Buried under all those years of coding standards this rekindled some of the feelings from the kid in me that would eagerly look forward…

This seems like a neat plugin, but I don't understand all the mega excitement. What am I missing, why is this so earth shattering (read the other comments in this thread)? What is justifying people saying $37 is a "frictionless" price? What are you planning to do that makes you so excited by this?

I think its a combination of the obvious usefulness of this code, combined with the impeccable execution and presentation, combined with its effective employment of bleeding edge technologies. It's basically a "perfect storm" of frontend library awesomeness.

Re: Isotope - An exquisite jQuery plugin for magical layouts

#27

Post by michaelbuckbee »

wdewind wrote: post #21
sfphotoarts wrote: post #16

I hate to make such a banal comment, but when I see things like this I cannot wait to redesign my website and use this ultra-cool technologies. After programming for 25 years I am grateful to this plugin and the developer(s) for the excitement that playing with the demo just gave me. Buried under all those years of coding standards this rekindled some of the feelings from the kid in me that would eagerly look forward…

This seems like a neat plugin, but I don't understand all the mega excitement. What am I missing, why is this so earth shattering (read the other comments in this thread)? What is justifying people saying $37 is a "frictionless" price? What are you planning to do that makes you so excited by this?

My thought was that if you need this type of behavior on your site $37 dollars is much less expensive than the amount of time it would take for you to pull all the elements of this together yourself.

Re: Isotope - An exquisite jQuery plugin for magical layouts

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Post by fredleblanc »

moe wrote: post #11
fredleblanc wrote: post #5

If you go back to the homepage, he's offering the plugin for commercial use for $37. I like this idea of monetizing the use of plugins, especially ones so well-built. (He's also offering direct support for $17, another interesting idea.)

$37 is a joke. I just purchased it b̶e̶f̶o̶r̶e̶ ̶h̶e̶ ̶r̶e̶a̶l̶i̶z̶e̶s̶ ̶h̶e̶ ̶c̶o̶u̶l̶d̶ ̶c̶h̶a̶r̶g̶e̶ ̶a̶n̶ ̶o̶r̶d̶e̶r̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶m̶a̶g̶n̶i̶t̶u̶d̶e̶ ̶m̶o̶r̶e̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶s̶ to support further development of this gem.

I'm not really commenting on the price chosen, but the choice to charge for it. I've also created a jQuery plugin or two. I released it for free and now spend a reasonable amount of time answering questions about support, implementation, etc.

For some reason in my mind I had always assumed that open source type things have to be done for free: the building, the support, etc. Seeing someone doing something others helps put that in perspective.

Or, in short: I wish I was smarter about it and more business-savvy.

Re: Isotope - An exquisite jQuery plugin for magical layouts

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Post by superamit »

NathanKP wrote: post #23
allenp wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wow I'm really impressed with the layout and how clean it all is.

Thanks allenp. I hope to finish a few last features and get it released soon, but I'm at a bit of a low point right now, and finding it hard to finish a few final details with my attention diverted towards other paying jobs and issues in my life.

Hope you do, and that you release the mods. Really sweet job!
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