[REJECTED] jQuery

It would really be awesome if js was using jQuery!..
Would make it so much easier to work with!

Hi,


joomla uses mootools as javascript frameworks. Mootools supports cross browser safe ajax.



Whether or not mootools is a good choice by the joomla developers is a different discussion but I think it is a bad idea to have two different frameworks on the same site. ( they are quite big so speed is one thing). I try to avoid any jquery plugins and will use mootools for the component/module.

so : wont' fix/rejected

I have heard talk about joomla core moving over to jQuery so you should look into that first

Secondly there is no problem with running mootools and jQuery side by side... If you take a look at the major theme creators (like yootheme, joomlart, rockettheme etc) they all tend to use jQuery.

And there can always be optional to load or not.. I would quess that like 90% of your visitor has jQuery loaded from the google CDN so it wont be requested that often to begin with

Just think that there will be so much more possibilities with the component if you use jQuery

edit: There are ways to disable mootools in frontend... only the backend is depended on this.

i switched to jQuery. U can see it on damen.kolbas.de

For AJAX i use SmartAjax PlugIn, it rocks.

I have looked at it before.. but never tried it.. perhaps I should give it a go?

Btw.. how did you make it possible to have multiple selects?
The "Filter" is really nice!