September 26th, 2007 Posted by Don Albrecht
phatfusion has developed an awesome image based menu using mootools. Similar to the menu located at http://www.mootools.com; this Image Menu delivers a beautiful user experience.
Some Key Features

- onClick event keeps selected item open.
- Click open item to close.
- Specify a function for the onClick event.
- Auto open when the page loads
See it in action at: http://www.phatfusion.net/imagemenu/index.htm
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August 1st, 2007 Posted by Don Albrecht
Name: mootools
URL: http:///mootools.net
Native Server Environment: none
Included Widgets: Accordion, slider, tooltips, Group
Download Size: 44 KB Compressed
Mootools is a popular and streamlined toolkit. The custom download builder, powerful compression tools and general maturity of the tookit make it an excellent choice for many projects.
The Joomla team’s decision to include mootools in Joomla 1.5 is testament to the flexibility and efficiency of the system. It will also lead to an explosion of mootools developers as people rapidly work to integrate AJAX capability into Joomla plugins & components.
Some Highlights
- A custom download profiler allows the creation of small, focused downloads customized to your deployment
- Powerful Style manipulation tools
- Powerful effects & animation tools
- Element Abstraction & Custom Syntax
- Useful Object Prototypes for Array, String, Function & Number
- Object Oriented / Classes Support
- Powerful Server communication tools including asset management functions
- Cookie Manipulation
Some Drawbacks
- Custom Syntax for Element manipulation
- Limited Widget Support
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