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Title: base2
Contributor: Dean Edwards
Contributor URL: http://dean.edwards.name/
Date Uploaded: September 19, 2008
Description: A lightweight library that irons out all the annoying differences in JavaScript implementations. It provides the additional functionality from JavaScript 1.6+ that only Mozilla browsers implement.

Title: Video Popup List
Contributor: Patrick Hunlock
Contributor URL: http://www.hunlock.com/
Date Uploaded: September 17, 2008
Description: If you have a number of videos to show off, a select list is a good option. Use this script to display videos in a popup window, using the video links from the list. This method saves a large amount of space on the page.

Title: Seven Ways to Toggle an Element
Contributor: Dustin Diaz
Contributor URL: http://www.dustindiaz.com/
Date Uploaded: September 15, 2008
Description:There are an unlimited number of ways to toggle an element's display using JavaScript. Although it has been around for awhile, toggling still proves itself to be useful in improving user interaction. Here are seven methods of implementing the technique.

Title: Automatic Link File-Size Generation
Contributor: Natalie Downe
Contributor URL: http://natbat.net/
Date Uploaded: September 12, 2008
Description: This script displays the size and type of a document next to the link targeting it. This distinguishes the 'attachment' link from a normal Web link, and provides the user with helpful information. Easy to implement. Includes the necessary jQuery script.

Title: MooTools Basic Tips for Web Designer: Part 2 - Writing Unobtusive JavaScript Code
Contributor: Antonio Lupetti
Contributor URL: http://woork.blogspot.com/
Date Uploaded: September 10, 2008
Description:This tutorial series illustrates some simple tips to begin working with MooTools. This installment illustrates how to obtain the ID of DOM elements using MooTools and unobtrusive elegant code.

Title: Dynamic Drop Down List 2
Contributor: Jay M. Rumsey, OD
Contributor URL: http://www.nova.edu/~rumsey
Date Uploaded: September 8, 2008
Description: This script creates dynamic drop down boxes, preventing duplicate selections. When a selection is made in the first box, that option is removed in the second box, with the same procedure for the third box.

Title: Detecting Google Chrome
Contributor: David Walsh
Contributor URL: http://davidwalsh.name/
Date Uploaded: September 5, 2008
Description: Need to check Google's new browser to see if it has a quirk that none of the other browsers have? You can detect Chrome by using this snippet in your scripts.

Title: Getting Started With jQuery QUnit for Client-Side Javascript Testing
Contributor: Chad Myers
Contributor URL: http://www.lostechies.com/
Date Uploaded: September 3, 2008
Description: This tutorial examines QUnit, the jQuery-based unit test framework, and shows how to implement it in your testing procedures.