[Javascript] Using Progressive Enhancement to Convert a Select Box Into an Accessible jQuery UI Slider

Now this is most likely the most inventive piece of Javascript – except for my code, of course 😛 – I’ve seen lately: Using Progressive Enhancement to Convert a Select Box Into an Accessible jQuery UI Slider (scroll down for the examples). w00t! (@netlash: I want this in Fork, yesterday!)

Backdropping jQuery functions into PrototypeJS

One of the functions I use quite regularly when working with jQuery is .attr(). Right now – at work – I’m fiddling around in Prototype, and noticed I kept on writing .attr() which – quite evidently – doesn’t exist. Okay, I can use Prototype’s .readAttribute() and .writeAttribute() but that’s quite a hassle: I want one …