Archive: 2006 - 2008

jQuery Color Animations: Adding RGBA alpha channel support

I like using — it's freaking awesome to be able to use alpha channels directly with a given color, without having to mess with the CSS opacity settings. I also make heave use of pretty sufficient out-of-the-box support for CSS-based animations and transitions. Using jQuery plugin for , the same good old $.animate() calls can be made to work seamlessly with CSS color properties such as backgroundColor, borderColor, outlineColor, color etc. The catch: RGBA colors are ignored. I tried using the but found two drawbacks: it had its own $.colorBlend() method rather than working seamlessly with $.animate() — which I didn't particularly mind — but it also caused sustained flickerings in my test cases (yes, even though the change log reported that many flickering bugs had been eliminated) and it doesn't technically work with an RGBA alpha channel but uses CSS opacity properties behind the scenes, which was not what I wanted.

Pictures on the Road

I love being on the move. For those of you who don't , here are pictures of my recent trips and tours through Germany, Poland, Turkey and Bulgaria for your entertainment:

1-bedroom flat in central Berlin: 2raum-Wohnung in Mitte / Prenzl. Berg

Nachmieter gesucht ab Anfag September 2008 für schräge sympathische Zweiraumwohnung! Die Fotos aus der Wohnung auf dieser Seite stammen noch vom Vormieter und charakterisieren die Wohnung ausgezeichnet.

Another Milestone: Ye Olde Blogge, Relaunched!

It is late, a lovely warm summer night in the middle of nowhere, the countryside outside of Berlin where and I enjoy one of our traditional Hacker Sessions combining the solitude necessary for creative software development work with congenial, mutual smoking, joking, encouragement or slacking.