YUI 3.3.0 Preview Release 3
By Eric MiragliaDecember 22nd, 2010
At YUIConf in November we released a preview of YUI 3.3.0, our next major release on the YUI 3 codeline. We’re now up to our third preview release, and if you have some time over the winter holidays to help us kick the tires we’d love for you to give it a spin. You can use the YUI 3.3.0pr1 seed file from the CDN to get started, download the distribution from YUILibrary.com, or check out the 3.3.0pr3 distribution hosted on YUIBlog (note: performance is quite sluggish on YUIBlog due to the lack of combo-handling; rest assured that your CDN-driven implementations generally will be faster than corresponding 3.2.0 usage).
Some of new things to look for in this release:
- all-new AutoComplete (beta)
- all-new Charts (beta), powered by SVG, Canvas and VML
- all-new DataTable (beta), the beginnings of a more modular upgrade from the popular YUI 2 component
- new Dial control (beta), an innovative take on a finite range control or slider created by Yahoo! designer Jeff Conniff
- all-new Resize utility (beta), provided by Eduardo Lundgren of Liferay, coauthor with Nate Cavanaugh of the YUI 3-based AlloyUI extensions available in the YUI 3 Gallery. (You can meet Eduardo and Nate in this AlloyUI whirlwind tour shot at YUIConf 2010.)
There is much more to love about YUI 3.3.0, and we’ll be sharing more information as the GA date nears. At present, we’re aiming for a release window in the second week of January. We welcome your feedback on the preview in the YUI forums and in the ticket database if you find issues of concern when you test out your own implementation with the new release.
December 22, 2010 at 2:25 pm
Cool! I would also appreciate some information on overall engine improvements, particularly if these involve performance improvements and download size optimizations and how to get the most performance out of the platform
December 22, 2010 at 2:36 pm
@Marc — In 3.3.0, we continue to do more capability detection and move browser-specific code into capability-detected modules. We’ve also reduced the dependency footprint for some components, notably ScrollView. Full details on the release will accompany the GA. -Eric
December 23, 2010 at 7:15 am
Cool!!! the new dial control is awesome. Besides the auto-complete, charts, and datatable are really welcome additions to YUI. Great job YUI team!!
January 4, 2011 at 12:31 am
Thx for YUI 3.3.0 at the end of the year, it’s awesome! I really like (and need) the chart and data table features.
January 10, 2011 at 12:15 am
Hi,
Any word on a reset.css update to account for the new HTML5 elements?
Cheers,
January 11, 2011 at 11:54 am
@ldexterldesign
There will be some CSS updates coming in 3.4.0, including reset.css, although I’m not sure HTML5 draft elements belong there.
Go ahead and file a ticket outlining your request.
January 13, 2011 at 2:30 am
Hi Matt,
‘There will be some CSS updates coming in 3.4.0, including reset.css, although I’m not sure HTML5 draft elements belong there.’
- well, there are a bunch of new HTML5 form elements that will need resetting for a start. Many have already released updated CSS resets:
http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2011/01/03/reset-revisited/
http://html5boilerplate.com/
http://html5reset.org/
http://html5doctor.com/html-5-reset-stylesheet/
http://code.google.com/p/html5resetcss/downloads/list
Yahoo! are kinda behind in this respect.
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Could you link me to your ticketing please?
Regards,