I released my first MooTools class over a year ago. It was a really minimalistic approach to zebra tables and a great first class to write. I took some time to update and improve the class.

The XHTML

<table class="list-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
	<tr>
		<th><b>Award</b></th>
		<th><b>Actor</b></th>
		<th><b>Film</b></th>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td>Actor In A Leading Role</td>
		<td>Daniel Day-Lewis</td>
		<td>There Will Be Blood</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td>Actress In A Leading Role</td>
		<td>Marion Cotillard</td>
		<td>La Vie en Rose</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td>Actor In A Supporting Role</td>
		<td>Javier Bardem</td>
		<td>No Country For Old Men</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td>Actress In A Supporting Role</td>
		<td>Tilda Swinton</td>
		<td>Michael Clayton</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td>Directing</td>
		<td>Joel Coen and Ethan Coen</td>
		<td>No Country For Old Men</td>
	</tr>
</table>

You may have as many tables as you want.

mooSlide Revamp for MooTools 1.2

mooSlide is a customizable MooTools-based slider that pops into the page whenever and wherever you’d like. Potentially very useful — just make sure you aren’t covering a bunch of content up (like the demo).

http://www.artviper.net/test/mooSlide2/index.html

Spam-Proof Email Links

MooTools core developer Michelle Steigewalt describes how she uses MooTools to prevent spambots from collecting emails from a website. Of course we all do this in one way or another — is this better than your method?

http://msteigerwalt.com/articles/2008/07/21/Spamproof

JSMiner

Us programmers love games that make us think, like Minesweeper. JSMiner is a great translation to a web version. Kudos to this person — seems like a loftly goal but they succeeded.

Javascript Time Picker

This new MooTools-based script allows you to pick a specific time by dragging and dropping hour and minute hands. Pretty cool, although I’m not sure it makes picking times on forms much easier.

http://www.nogray.com/time_picker.php

Former Employees of Google Prepare Rival Search Engine

A novel story, but I don’t see Cuil becoming anything close to Google. Neat search engine but Google is just too far ahead.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/28/technology/28cool.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

AJAX-Alexa-Thumbnails: API to Get Site Thumbnails

I’ve long wanted to figure out how to get site thumbnails. Now Alexa offers site thumbnails via ajax. Awesome.

http://ajaxian.com/archives/ajax-alexa-thumbnails-api-to-get-site-thumbnails

The Fire Best Firebug Extensions

Firebug is a powerhouse in itself, but why not install some Firebug plugins to make it even more useful?

http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/The_Five_Best_Firebug_Extensions

Updating Extensions for Firefox 3

Have a Firefox plugin that you want to use in the newest version, but it isn’t officially up to snuff? Here’s how you can bypass that problem.

http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Updating_extensions_for_Firefox_3

jqPuzzle — Customizable Sliding Puzzles Using jQuery

Have a picture you’d like to split into a puzzle? Try jqPuzzle, a jQuery puzzle.

http://www.2meter3.de/jqPuzzle/

Google Walks Away From Digg Deal

Simply put, I think Digg needs to sell fast before the site loses its prestige. And now they’ve lost a potential sale to Google.

Density Map Tutorial — Prototype, Google Maps API, and the HeatMap API

HeatMap allows you to create heat maps on top of Google Analytics. A very impressive script that requires little code from the developer.

http://jeffreybarke.net/2008/07/density-map-tutorial/

googleDrive

googleDrive is a script written by PhatFusion. Why drag the Google Map when you can just drive around it? Grand Theft Google!

http://phatfusion.net/googleDrive/

10 MooTools Scripts For Enhancing Your Web Forms

Web forms can be bland and boring but they don’t have to be! Here’s a list of MooTools scripts that will make your forms pop!

http://www.catswhocode.com/blog/web-development/10-mootools-scripts-for-enhancing-your-html-forms-28