New Version of JavaScript Libary Script.aculo.us Available

Version 1.6.0 is now available for download

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Wednesday, March 29, 2006; 01:48 AM

Popular JavaScript library Script.aculo.us is now v.1.6.0.  Script.aculo.us is built upon the Prototype JavaScript library, providing additional features.  It is created by Austria-based software developer  Thomas Fuchs.

Script.aculo.us can be downloaded at the official site htpp://script.aculo.us.  The site offers demonstrations of the script library's impressive capabilities.

Features:

• Least possible use of additional HTML mark-up
• Usage of established standards (like DOM, XHTML and CSS)
• Transparent compatibility with all major browsers that feature support for Web 2.0 technology. As of now, following browsers are supported: Firefox 1.0 (and most other Gecko-engine based browsers), Internet Explorer 6 and Safari. Many other browsers work, too.
• Complete object-orientation
• Small, efficient codebase

What is new in version 1.6.0:

• Major speedup for sortable with handles initialization [thx Jamis Buck]
• Update to latest Prototype 1.5.0_pre1 trunk
• Fix shift-tab for autocompleter in Safari, fixes #4423 [thx matt]
• Refactor effects.js to use the new Prototype 1.5 Element Methods syntax
• Add passing through of scroll options from Sortable to Draggable [thx Gregory Hill]
• Make it possible to scroll window on dragging, #3921 [thx rdmiller]
• Make Element.forceRerendering give up on any exception (this fixes various problems with IE)
• added visualEffect method for the Element Mixin, fixed so you can chain multiple calls. [Rick Olson]
• Fix only option on Sortable.create to accept multiple class names, fixes #3427 [thx glenn nilsson]
• Added workaround for a rendering bug in Safari when using floating elements with Effect.Appear