[development] create a star rater using css

[Gabor Hojtsy]

Ber, just view source on Chris' example. It is quite obvious then, how
it works.

Goba

Bèr Kessels wrote:
> There is one thing, that, in general worries me about such JS niftyness: it 
> might be buzz-compliant and all, but is it truly Accessible and so?
> 
> Here is how people should create such nifty widgets. (not saying that that did 
> not happen in the examples!)
> * Make a normal form based rating. Most probably with a dropdown and a submit 
> button.
> * Add some CSS to make it look nicer.
> * Overlay some JS to alter the DOM and/or the layout (only for those clients 
> that are *known* to support it).
> * Overlay some AJAX to make it snappier.
> 
> Here is wat happens most of the time:
> * A cool idea is mocked up and worked out in a little HTML with CSS.
> * Some JS is added to make dynamic
> * The DOM is changed a little to make the JS work better
> * Some ajax is added for snappyness.
> * Some exeptions are added in the JS and CSS for specific browsers that have 
> problems with teh widget.
> 
> That, i can assure you, *will* break. If not on the older browsers, then 
> certainly on some future version of some browser. The first method *always* 
> degrades to the Good Ol' HTML. The stuff that will always work.
> 
> 
> Op vrijdag 13 januari 2006 17:42, schreef Chris Messina:
> 
>>You can also generalize the technique to include more options and so
>>on. I should document the technique at some point, but I think it's
>>pretty useful for what you guys are discussing.
>>
>>Chris
> 
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