V5

[JimBobSquarePants]

With the establishment of evergreen browsers and greater standardisation across platforms, It's time to start work on V5.

With this version I'd like to focus on the following:

• Update support to evergreen browsers only. Edge, Chrome, Opera, Firefox, Safari.
• Replace the float based grid with a flexbox implementation (Perhaps grid spec version also).
• Remove obsolete legacy CSS and JavaScript hacks/workarounds.
• Update accessibility enhancements to latest best practice.
• Enhance any widget functionally to fill in missing desired behaviour.
• Ensure Sass variable structure is easily overridable.
• Replace jQuery with vanilla JavaScript?
• Complete plugin port
• • Autosize
• • Carousel
• • Conditional
• • Dismiss
• • Dropdown
• • Modal
• • Navigation
• • Tablelist
• • Tabs

Please join in the conversation below.

[jonrandahl]

I'm in! 😁

I'll fork this now and send you PRs soon! Any thoughts on a issue tracker system so we're not working on the same issues?

[craigs100]

+1 from me. Love the term "evergreen browsers". Though I wouldn't include Edge in that list as we still have to hack for it as it doesn't accept "crossorigin" in script references.

[JimBobSquarePants]

That great to hear! @jonrandahl We can create individual issues for each task and subtasks and divvy up work from there. Let me have a good look through the source and see what we can allocate.

@craigs100 I wish I could claim I made it up.. It basically means any browser that auto updates which now includes Edge. Standards wise, Edge is actually pretty sweet now though that CORS issue is nasty!

[hamedonline]

I wish you could also include the support for out-of-the-box masonry grid layout in road map.

[JimBobSquarePants]

It begins!

Just pushed code to a new v5 branch replacing the old grid with a flexbox one. Too easy!

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[svanlaere]

Is there any ETA for V5? Just out of curiosity since I have yet to use this framework.

[JimBobSquarePants]

Not, yet, I need to get more people involved to really push forward. Give the framework a go though please and let me know what you think.

[jonrandahl]

Still happy to help with this James, waiting to see what's needed so point me in the right direction and I'll be happy to jump on board!

[JimBobSquarePants]

Thanks! I'll see what I can put together over the next week or so.

[svanlaere]

I like this framework its small and has the basics covered.
The focus on accessibility is great this is a important requirement for me.
Sure hope to see this project move on.

[JimBobSquarePants]

@svanlaere Thanks, yeah, accessibility is very important to me. Keeping bloat down also.

I definitely have plans, just wanna get the time together and also make sure I'm going the right direction.