When developing two of my applications for 31 Apps in 31 Days (here and here), I discovered an issue with using YUI with our WebImageViewer. The script tag that references the YUI js files must be inside the main form element. If it is not, the DOM of the WebImageViewer gets distroyed and multiple painful errors ...

This is Part 3 of a multi-part blog series. The OnDemand method The Interval method The Interval Opacity method On the previous two slider examples, I used a YUI slider that had a range from -100 to 100, with a total of 201 possible values.  Both of these examples still have some disconnect from the action ...

This is Part 2 of a multi-part blog series. The OnDemand method The Interval method The Interval Opacity method On the previous slider example, I used a YUI slider that had a range from -100 to 100.  This is a total of 201 different combinations for one image dialog, and that's about 10-20 times more ...

This is Part 1 of a multi-part blog series. The OnDemand method The Interval method The Interval Opacity method One of the most common dialogs in an image editor application is the slider with preview.  When you move these applications over to the Web, you end up losing some of the user experience because of the asynchronous ...

This year's AjaxWorld Conference & Expo was somewhat of a disappointment.  After experiencing the problems that I outlined last year, I anticipated a better overall conference.  They did appear to take a few things into consideration, such as the lunch breaks (this time you might have been able to sit down), ...

One of the easiest usability improvements that can be made to an imaging application, is the ability to hide the thumbnails from view when they are no longer needed.  Most users would prefer to see as much of the image, and as little of the application on the screen as possible. Using YUI's Animation Utility, you can accomplish ...