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Be a JavaScript Rockstar (jQuery site redesign)

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Re: Be a JavaScript Rockstar (jQuery site redesign)

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Post by invisible »

shabda wrote: post #18
goodkarma wrote: post #5

Dude, it's just a javascript library. And a pretty damn good one. I think you guys might be a little too uptight..

Try telling that to clients! > And a pretty damn good one. And thats why I want to use it, and would hate to use say, prototype, just because the clients thought Jquery was immature.

> [I] would hate to use say, prototype

Haha? Joke, right?

Re: Be a JavaScript Rockstar (jQuery site redesign)

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Post by pmsaue0 »

ionfish wrote: post #2

How absolutely ghastly. I'm not sure which I hate more: the copy, the style or the illustration.

Perhaps it would be better to have four cream-colored info circles bubble up from a puke-green background while your difficult to type url/logo zips on a diagonal!

it's all about the interface baby! ;)

Re: Be a JavaScript Rockstar (jQuery site redesign)

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Post by pius »

pistoriusp wrote: post #3

Shockingly disgusting... I'm incredibly embarrassed, imagine trying to convince your boss that you should be using jQuery.

Shockingly disgusting... I'm incredibly embarrassed, imagine trying to convince your boss that you should be using jQuery.

I'm scratching my head on what to say or how to vote your comment because, for the life of me, I just can't figure out if you're serious or not.

Re: Be a JavaScript Rockstar (jQuery site redesign)

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Post by river_styx »

I'm shocked. Really. It's breathtakingly awful. And as I asked in the Scribd thread below, why, oh why, would you put resources into creating this abomination rather than into improving and expanding the framework itself?

edit: On second look, it would be dramatically improved if the "rock star" conceit were replaced with something more professional.

Re: Be a JavaScript Rockstar (jQuery site redesign)

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Post by pius »

Oh, the melodrama.

Well, I love it. Sure, the "rock star" thing is a little edgy and not to everyone's taste, but with the comments here, you'd think the design were truly bad. It's not.

It's worthwhile to distinguish between designs that are not to your aesthetic and designs that are poorly executed.

Re: Be a JavaScript Rockstar (jQuery site redesign)

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Post by HansF »

If the jQuery people, who produce this great framework at no cost AND under an open source licence, want to put flashing yellow polka dots in a marquee tag on their site, then that's fine with me.

If this disturbs you so much, then you have two options: don't use it or fork it. They won't loose a penny by you doing so.

Re: Be a JavaScript Rockstar (jQuery site redesign)

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Post by pistoriusp »

goodkarma wrote: post #4
pistoriusp wrote: post #3

Shockingly disgusting... I'm incredibly embarrassed, imagine trying to convince your boss that you should be using jQuery.

With a list of "who's using jQuery" that includes Google, Bank of America, Dell, CBS, NBC, Netflix.. your boss might not be the sharpest tool in the shed if "be a javascript rock star" bothers them..

I think the design of the website is rather good, but the "be a javascript rock star" graphic is unprofessional and rather ugly.
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