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Title: TinyMCE
Contributor: Moxiecode Systems AB
Contributor URL: http://www.moxiecode.com/
Date Uploaded: October 31, 2008
Description: A platform independent Web-based WYSIWYG editor. Convert textarea fields or other HTML elements to editor instances. Very easy to integrate into other content management systems.

Title: Reflection.js
Contributor: 'Cow'
Contributor URL: http://cow.neondragon.net/
Date Uploaded: October 29, 2008
Description: Add reflections to selected images on your Web pages. Vary the reflection height and opacity. Very easy to use and completely unobtrusive. Works well with logos, icons and dynamic image content such as forum avatars. Degrades nicely in older browsers.

Title: Creating a Virtual jQuery Keyboard
Contributor: Kishore Nallan
Contributor URL: http://www.kishorelive.com/
Date Uploaded: October 27, 2008
Description: This tutorial explains how to implement a simple virtual keyboard with some help from jQuery. An excellent technique for use when security is important.

Title: parseUri
Contributor: Steven Levithan
Contributor URL: stevenlevithan.com
Date Uploaded: October 24, 2008
Description: This function splits any well-formed URI into its parts (all are optional). All parts are split with a single regex using backreferences, and all groupings which don't contain complete URI parts are non-capturing.

Title: JSMin
Contributor: Douglas Crockford
Contributor URL: http://www.crockford.com/
Date Uploaded: October 22, 2008
Description: This is a filter which removes comments and unnecessary whitespace from JavaScript files. It typically reduces filesize by half, resulting in faster downloads.

Title: vJustify
Contributor: Michael Futreal
Contributor URL: http://michael.futreal.com/
Date Uploaded: October 20, 2008
Description: Unequal column heights make CSS layouts difficult to manage when the height of content cannot be known in advance, particularly in scenarios where absolute positioning is in use. While there are a variety of strategies to deal with this issue, here's a jQuery-based fix.

Title: Google Calendar API: Developer's Guide
Contributor: Google Code
Contributor URL: http://code.google.com/
Date Uploaded: October 17, 2008
Description: This document describes how to use the JavaScript client library to send Google Data API queries and interpret returned responses. You might use the API to: create a Web front end to let people view their Google Calendar information from within your site; publicize upcoming events by programmatically adding them to Google Calendar; build an application to sync between Google Calendar and mobile devices; or create mashups with other APIs like Google Maps.

Title: Firebug
Contributor: Joe Hewitt
Contributor URL: http://joehewitt.com/
Date Uploaded: October 13, 2008
Description: Firebug integrates with Firefox to put a wealth of Web development tools at your fingertips while you browse. You can edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any Web page.

Title: Popular JavaScript Framework Libraries: An Overview
Contributor: Rob Gravelle
Contributor URL: http://www.webreference.com/
Date Uploaded: October 10, 2008
Description: JavaScript Framework libraries have become an integral part of Web development. This series presents an overview of a dozen of the most popular JavaScript Frameworks. This particular installment focuses on Prototype, script.aculo.us, and MooTools.

Title: Categorized & Searchable List Boxes
Contributor: Steve Chipman
Contributor URL: http://slayeroffice
Date Uploaded: October 8, 2008
Description: This script creates a list of categorized links from a data array. The list is also searchable. A great navigational aid for small spaces. Very easy to implement.

Title: Yahoo! UI Library: Paginator
Contributor: Yahoo! Developer Network
Contributor URL: http://developer.yahoo.com/
Date Uploaded: October 6, 2008
Description:The Paginator Control allows you to reduce the page size and render time of your site or Web application by breaking up large data sets into smaller pages. Paginator addresses the navigation aspect of chunked content, offering a set of controls that it can render into your UI to allow users to navigate through logical sections of local or remote data.

Title: Event Listeners
Contributor: Gavin Kistner
Contributor URL: http://phrogz.net
Date Uploaded: October 3, 2008
Description: Add event listeners for all browsers at once. Easy to use, for all browsers.

Title: Dropdown Menu
Contributor: SCL Software
Contributor URL: http://www.sclsoftware.com/en
Date Uploaded: October 1, 2008
Description: This is a very nice animated dropdown menu. Highly customizable, using unobtrusive JavaScript and CSS. Easy to implement.