While we love to help everyone who comes to us for support, sometimes there's a breakdown in communication.To clear up some of these issues, I've written this article about how to get the friendliest response possible from the community.We're Not MeanThe MooTools community is one of the friendliest JavaScript communities you'll ever find. We comb the forums all day, looking for people to help. Questions are answered promptly, and tons of documentation has been written to help people learn the framework.I'm even trying to start an initiative where everyone uses :) a lot to show people that we're friendly and helpful. :)How to Ask Better QuestionsThere are a few things you can do to help ...

During the last few days, we've added some nifty CSS3 selectors to the trunk. Continue reading to know what this is all about, or try SlickSpeed now!UPDATE: SlickSpeed can now be downloaded from googlecode.The Beginning of a New EraOk, so the last couple of days were very productive ones.I started adding the CSS3 adjacency selectors, like ~, > and +. It was quite an easy task which didn't require much logic changing, and I was able to implement and get it running across all browsers in (a little more than) a few hours.This allows us to select direct children, following siblings and the direct following sibling.So let's add these to the supported selectors://all spans immediately preceded...

For all the interested MooToolers in the making out there, I have compiled a list of resources which should give you everything you need to know to get started in client-side development.Tools of the TradeThese are the prerequisites of Web development.Firefox: You'll want to use Firefox for development. But you'll also need to have all the browsers you can manage to install on your machine (and other machines) in order to check cross browser support.Essential ExtensionsFirebug: The best plugin ever, Firebug is the difference between bashing your head against the keyboard and knowing what's going on with the browser.Web Developer Toolbar: Gives you awesome power over websites. Turn off ...

Today we released MooTools version 1.11.In this release we fixed a bunch of memory leaks issues, as well as some minor bugs around.Other than some maintenance, we added the getText and setText Element methods, to help filling HTML Elements, Style tags and Script tags with text, and we added more details to the documentation.This is a recommended update for all of you using MooTools 1.1.If you want to, you can see the changelog in details.So, go ahead and give it a try!

You know we've been telling you that MooTools is reliable, but how can you can be sure that it will work for your project without just taking our word for it? Check the Spec folder out from the repository and its self-contained testing suite will prove it. Show your boss, show your coworkers, and let them know that MooTools is professional grade.Verifiably Rock-SolidWhat makes this possible? We've added our own special blend of JSSpec to the MooTools source. It goes through critical components of MooTools to make sure that they work as expected. For this release, we'll be supporting specs for Core, Class, Natives, and Element.js. While not all of the Elements scripts or the other fo...

In recent development of MooTools, we've incorporated into the core a plugin that was once pushed under the table and neglected. The Hash is a powerful new way to extend objects just like you've always wanted...Alright, what the heck is all this Hash business?The current 1.2 development version of MooTools saw a promotion of the Hash Class up from a plugin to a Native type. A Hash is basically a wrapper for native JavaScript Objects. The reason it was created was because as we all know, the Object prototype is off limits! (for a brief explanation... see rule #2). So what can i do with this crazy new thing?var hash = new Hash({ 'a': 'one', 'b': 'two', 'c': 'three', 'd': 'four'});hash....

MooTools has always been known for having some of the most fluid and impressive effects around. In 1.2 we've introduced some exciting new enhancements that make them even more efficient, powerful, flexible, and easy to use. Here are the changes made to the Fx Classes to take note of...What's in a name?One of the most obvious changes to the MooTools Fx Library is a change in the naming of Fx.Style and Fx.Styles. Though you can still use these class names in 1.2, they will be deprecated in future versions, so please start using the classes through their new names, Fx.Tween and Fx.Morph respectively. The reason for the name change is two-fold. First, we feel these names more explicitly ...

Today I found a nice article on coderseye.com: I spent a half hour tinkering around in Aptana, downloading MooTools 1.1, and setting up a few tests. The result is extremely pleasing. Not only is MooTools way better and easier to use than I remember, but it works out of the box with AIR.That's Very nice to know!I personally haven't yet tried MooTools in AIR extensively (i only did a few basic tests) but I'm definitely looking forward to creating something in the very near future. Maybe a downloader app? We'll see!

We haven't had this blog for very long, and talking to many users recently, I became aware of the fact that many people just don't understand how powerful MooTools actually is. The purpose of this series of articles is to shed a little light on some of the functionality provided by MooTools that many users might be missing. I think maybe it's time we got everyone caught up to speed. First topic... Natives and Elements!A quick note about this articleSo I know I said my next article would be about the new Element shortcuts added in 1.2, but there are so many other things we should probably talk about first! All the code examples featured in this article are intended for MooTools 1.2. A...

The first beta for MooTools 1.2 is finally here!After months in the making, we can confidently say that MooTools 1.2 is now feature complete. However, there are still some bugs left to squash.Head over to MooTools download page to start playing with it right away.A Note About CompatibilitySome parts of MooTools 1.2 aren't immediately compatible with those found in MooTools 1.1. In the downloads page, you'll find a box that says: "include compatibility with previous version". Clicking that box will add the missing pieces and will make MooTools 1.2 play nice with code written for MooTools 1.1.New stuff that we already covered:The amazing HashSpecs!Effects EnhancementsImportant stuff thats ...