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xyzzyb
That looks fine, but how is it different that the plethora of alternate implementations of that particular UI widget?

e.g. Bootstrap's popover: http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/javascript.html#popovers

talmand
Because having just one of everything is boring and eventually stagnates?
xyzzyb
Absolutely. I just wanted to be sure I wasn't missing some new twist that this tool was providing.
crazybuddha
Bootstrap is a hover pop-up, mostly used for read-only. This is more like a click pop-up both read-write. User can click, fill in a form and submit.
bicknergseng
Also pretty easy to recreate using qTip2 http://craigsworks.com/projects/qtip2/.
behanpsean
I saw qTip, but looked too heavy. Prob. took as much time to write the plugin as to read the qTip docs.
bicknergseng
No arguments there. But I suppose if you want a tooltip framework that also bizarrely functions as modal dialogs, hover menus, alerts, notifications, ........., and maybe even tooltips, qtip2 would probably cover your bases.

Either way cool plugin.

chrisrhoden
It also doesn't really look fine. The shadow doesn't follow the pointy bit, which looks especially bad with such a huge drop shadow. Does this even work across browsers?
jcampbell1
I had never seen this css border trick for drawing triangles. It works in IE7+. Bootstrap uses the same technique.
webXL
Really? Maybe that's because you've never asked in the form of a URL: http://cssarrowplease.com/
behanpsean
Awesome!
jcampbell1
Yours is actually better because it works in IE7.

I really hate these sites that don't tell you what browsers are supported.

overshard
There are a bunch of ways to do this already, and this requires jQuery. The only way I could see this as being interesting is if it has no dependencies. I really wish people would stop developing with jQuery as a dependency...
behanpsean
It may not be interesting, but it may be useful to some folks.
[dead] leovinci
> Inspired by Highrise

don't know what highrise is, but that sort of ui component has been around longer than 37thingy.