PUBLIC MARKS from HandySolo with tags javascript & web

After tiring of over hyped ajax frameworks trying to hide the guts that make ajax programming fun I decided to share my recipe for easy to make ajax applications where you still have control over everything, but the setup of it all is handled for you. This is a basic state of mind system rather than a framework. I offer you four files and a design pattern that allows you to focus on making things happen rather than setting things up. This is designed for PHP5 but can be written for php4 if people are interested.

With Bindows™ you can develop fully functional desktop applications in a web page, without any plugins.<br /> <br /> Whether you prefer to strictly follow OOP best practices or use the latest RAD flavour of the month, Bindows™ provides you with the tools for developing efficient and flexible Rich Internet Applications.

The original FAT gave the user the ability to fade the background from anything to anything. FATtER extends that by including both the foreground color and the background color as well as allowing for loops.

Prototype is a Java Script framework that aims to ease development of dynamic web applications. Its development is driven heavily by the Ruby on Rails framework, but it can be used in any environment.

This combination of JavaScript and CSS will hide checkbox and radio inputs that have a class = "crirHiddenJS", an id, and a proper label tag. This will allow you to style the label however you wish using CSS, and the actual input control will be hidden. The form will still collect data as it normally would because the label itself will trigger the hidden input control. If javascript is disabled no inputs will be hidden and the form is still be fully functional.