jquery

http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2008/09/16/jquery-examples-and-best-practices/

very cool site that allows fiddling with javascript and jquery on the fly:
    http://jsfiddle.net/bY3CC/3/


Possibly good optimization:
    http://encosia.com/dont-let-jquerys-document-ready-slow-you-down/

Q: how to put stuff in the clipboard?
A: ZeroClipboard. note it doesn't work with file://
   but it's easy to run a simple httpd server:
       python -m SimpleHTTPServer
   which will start with a directory listing of the directory
   in which the server was started.



from 03/25/2011 10:49 PM
Subject: Re: usage stats page request

I figured out how to fix the "Hide/Show Totals" button, so it's totally zippy now.

(apparently jquery's show()/hide() functions are ridiculously slow when showing/hiding multiple table rows; I think it's quadratic in the table size, or something...
but if I change it to simply change the table rows' css "display" property between "none" and ""
instead, it accomplishes the same thing and it's really fast).

Don 

ADDED NOTE: something about duration? by default, show/hide do a fade