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MiniAjax is a very nice collection of some great DHTML and Ajax scripts. It’s not a huge collection but the pieces available are bits that would be useful across a number of websites.

Just a few of the scripts include:

• Prototype Window which allows you to add a window in a HTML page.
• Ajax Star Rating Bar that allows users to rate things with no page refresh.
• A drop-in Ajax contact form that can be used in WordPress.
• Ajax powered IM system that sits right on your web site.
• Ajax domain search script

Like I said, a very nice collection with some helpful bits that you could use on various websites.

Koller Jürgen has given out a free download to easily create a CSS Tab Menu. (Take a look at the example image below)

You can set whether the tabs change on click or mouseover. The one thing I don’t like is that everything is in one file. I would personally put the CSS in an file and the javascript in a file. Of course Koller notes that you can do this as well.

There’s a lot of ways to achieve this type of menu, but this solution is a good one. Go give it a look.

Jonathan Snook is at it again creating a new Prototype 1.5.0 Cheat Sheet. He’s gone through and detailed the methods and properties of each of the modules within the Prototype JavaScript library.

With the final release of 1.5.0 coming this is a great time for this new cheat sheet.

• First, I’ve included possible parameters. I’ve used a shorthand to try and fit everything in, so I hope it’s clear. Pretty much anytime a function is passed in, it’s for a callback. Anywhere a parameter needed a little more explanation, i included a word before it to describe it.
• Secondly, I’ve dropped some base classes and internal properties or methods. Some of the stuff only serves a purpose within Prototype and it was just clutter to include it in here.
• I’ve done this up in Illustrator instead of Fireworks to ensure that the PDF version would be clean and clear. I realized a desktop version was somewhat annoying; at least, for me it was.