Yahoo User Interface

Programming in JavaScript was very painful. You have to make sure your code is compatible with all major browsers such as IE and Firefox. Now thanks to well-developed JavaScript libraries, JavaScript programming is much more pleasant.

JavaScript libraries, such as Yahoo User Interface (YUI), jQuery, Dynamic Drive, and Dojo, not only deal with cross browser compatibility issues, but also make common tasks easy.

I have used several components of YUI in developing the OMII-UK website:

• CSS Reset (neutralizes browser CSS styles)
• CSS Base (applies consistent style foundation for common elements)
• CSS Fonts (foundation for typography and font-sizing)
• CSS Grids (page layout)
• The YAHOO Global Object (base requirement for all YUI components)
• DOM Collection (convenience methods for DOM interactions)
• Event Utility (event normalization and custom events)
• Button
• TabView

BTW, browsershots.org allows you to see how your website looks like in tens of browsers.