Wow, I had a long day at work and come back to all of
this awesomeness!
Thanks for the explanation, Karl... I guess I wasn't
looking close enough to see that a jtip version
already existed. I'll try incorporating this now and
see what I can do, and will try to figure out bgiframe
as well.
thanks!
-kim
--- Rey Bango <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Mitchell,
>
> I believe what you're seeing is the slide down
> effect that's an option
> in clueTip.
>
> If you want to get around that just do something
> like this:
>
> $('#cfvhelp').cluetip({width: 200, cluetipClass:
> 'jtip', arrows: true,
> dropShadow: false, fx: {open:'show', openSpeed:
> 'fast'}});
>
> This will improve the display performance quite a
> bit.
>
> @Karl: What I would suggest is that if the "fx" is
> left out, default to
> using show() as opposed to fadeIn() and then on line
> 340, change this line:
>
>
$cluetip.hide()[defaults.fx.open](defaults.fx.openSpeed);
>
> to
>
> $cluetip.hide()[defaults.fx.open](defaults.fx.open
> != 'show' &&
> (defaults.fx.openSpeed));
>
> so that way if the show is the selected effect, the
> box instantly
> appears and no speed method call is necessary.
>
> By doing this, I was able to achieve the same effect
> as Cody's jTip
> while still maintaining all of the cool and
> extensive functionality
> available in clueTip. The best of both worlds.
>
> Rey...
>
> Mitchell Waite wrote:
> > Compared the mitch demo to the jTip demo.
> >
> >
> >
> > http://www.codylindley.com/blogstuff/js/jtip/
> >
> >
> >
> > Now I am sure j Tip is faster, but faster might
> not be the right word.
> > Its like this. The very first time I hover over
> your cluetip I can
> > actually see the divs and such being assembled.
> jTip doesnt have that
> > flaw, it comes up whole.
> >
> >
> >
> > And if you move the mouse back and forth over the
> link you will see the
> > alignment issue with the arrow.
> >
> >
> >
> > I think everything works nice but the performance
> bugs me.
> >
> >
> >
> > Mitch
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > *From:* [email protected]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > *On Behalf Of *Karl Swedberg
> > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 22, 2007 6:22 PM
> > *To:* [email protected]
> > *Subject:* [jQuery] Re: Karl, cluetip questions:
> Select IE6 bug ETA, and
> > incorporating JTIP?
> >
> >
> >
> > On Aug 22, 2007, at 5:07 PM, Mitchell Waite wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > One last thing Karl. Side by side your
> cluetips take longer to
> > appear then
> >
> > jTips do. About 1/2 second slower on this rig
> but that is a critical
> > period
> >
> > that should be fast. Again this is me, maybe
> others like them slow.
> >
> >
> >
> > You know, Mitch, I think I have an idea what's
> going on now. When you
> > include the hoverIntent plugin in the <head>, the
> cluetip picks it up
> > and uses its .hoverIntent() method (with default
> settings) rather than
> > the .hover() method.
> >
> >
> >
> > So, I put together another little demo, just for
> you. I took out the
> > hoverIntent plugin, and it's much zippier now. I
> also set the "open"
> > option to "show" and the "openSpeed" option to ''
> (an empty string).
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
http://plugins.learningjquery.com/cluetip/demo/mitch.html
> >
> >
> >
> > Let me know how that goes for you. If speed is
> what you're after, this
> > should do the trick.
> >
> >
> >
> > Karl I see what may be a weird bug in IE7. If
> I leave your example
> > page, go
> >
> > do something in another window, when I come
> back to your page the
> > tooltips
> >
> > will not work until I reload your page.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks a lot for reporting this. I'll have to boot
> up Parallels and
> > check it out asap. That kind of weird bug scares
> me, though. I'm not
> > very good at debugging that sort of thing.
> >
> >
> >
> > The new layout on your example page is much
> better, and now that I
> > see how easy it is to do the arrow thing I am
> more motivated to switch.
> >
> >
> >
> > Glad to hear it.
> >
> >
> >
> > I also think your examples are too large in
> font and size, e.g.
> > normally tooltips are NOT giant boxes, they
> are tiny hints.
> >
> >
> >
> > Well, that's all adjustable, so change them to
> your heart's content. You
> > can change the font-size in the css and you can
> change the width in the
> > cluetip's options. Check out the demo I made for
> you (see link above). I
> > made the font smaller. :-)
> >
> >
> >
> > Have you tested them in IE7? If they work fine
> there and FF I think
> > I am now sold.
> >
> >
> >
> > Well, not often enough, to be honest. I have
> tested in IE7, but not
> > lately. But I will soon. I promise. Most recently
> tested in IE6,
> > Firefox, and Safari 2 Mac.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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