Rails spinoffs - Jul 2005 - script.aculo.us 1.1 beta 1 ready

Get it here: http://script.aculo.us/downloads

Short take on what''s new:

-> Autocompletion took a notch up with incremental and local (js  
array) functionality
-> Capability to remove draggables/droppables and redeclare sortables
-> Effect.ScrollTo
-> Fix memory leaks in IE and Gecko
-> Make some 3rd-party js libraries comaptible, namely IE7.js
-> Various tweaks and fixes

The final 1.1 should also contain various features that are in the  
"pipeline" now.

Big thanks to the contributors!


 From the CHANGELOG:

*1.1beta1*

* Fixed rendering of last frame of animation when from/to is not  
0.0/1.0. [thanks to David Z?lke]

* Updated internal Prototype JavaScript framework to version  
1.4.0_pre2 (patched w/ workaround for Ajax.Updater init bug)

* Some refactoring of controls.js to get rid of "dirty"  
implementation detail (dont'' ask)

* Added returning the generated combined effects to allow for .cancel 
() on all effects

* Updated internal Prototype JavaScript framework to version 1.4.0_pre2

*Rails 0.13.1*

* Updated Ajax.Autocompleter to deal with parameters options  
correctly [Martin Marinschek]

* Updated controls.js to allow multple matches in local  
localcompletion [Ivan Krstic]

* Make version of prototype.js in lib have a nicer Event object  
[David Z?lke]

* Added incremental and local autocompleting and loads of  
documentation to controls.js [Ivan Krstic]

* Experimental: make version of prototype.js in lib destroy events on  
page unload to prevent browser memory leaks

* Fixed a possible memory leak in dragdrop.js

* Make version of prototype.js in lib compatible with some 3rd-party  
JavaScript libraries (like IE7) by refactoring to use Object.extend()  
for testing [David Z?lke]

* Make effects.js, dragdrop.js and controls.js compatible with some  
3rd-party JavaScript libraries (like IE7) by refactoring to use  
Object.extend() [David Z?lke]

* Changed some tests to work better

* Always reset background color on Effect.Highlight; this make change  
backwards-compatibility, to be sure include style="background-color: 
(target-color)" on your elements or else elements will fall back to  
their CSS rules (which is a good thing in most circumstances)

* Removed a possible memory leaks with IE with sortables and  
droppables (removed references from elements)

* Changes to class extension in effects.js

* Make Effect.Highlight restore any previously set background color  
when finishing (makes effect work with set CSS classes)

* Added capability to remove draggables/droppables and redeclare  
sortables in dragdrop.js

* Added Effect.ScrollTo to smoothly scroll the page to an element

* Better Firefox flickering handling on SlideUp/SlideDown

* Some cleaning up in effects.js

* Removed a possible memory leak in IE with draggables

* Added support for cancelling dragging my hitting ESC

* Changed logic of drag-and-drop to only include the last referenced  
droppable when firing a drop event. This change also offers slight  
performance gains. [Dominik Wagner]

* Added addtional effects test page, added tests for scriptfragment  
matching

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Thomas