@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@ = Informant -The Informant spies on your forms and warns people if they try to leave a form with unsaved changes. +Have you ever been filling out a form in one of those fancy-pants "Web 2.0" apps, when you stumble upon a link to something else, perhaps a help article, and when you click it you lose all the info you just filled out? The Informant has, and frankly he's got no stomach for it. -Check out the included demo.html, or learn more at: http://indielabs.com/entries/the-informant/ +The Informant now lives to prevent others from a similar fate. He watches your forms carefully, and if someone tries to leave the page with unsaved changes… well… let's just say they'll hear about it. -== Usage +== How can I get The Informant on my side? -Simply include Prototype 1.6+ and The Informant. +The Informant gets most of his strength from Arby Melts and Prototype 1.6+, so be sure to grab those. After that, just include these JavaScript vigilantes and let them handle the rest: <script src="prototype.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="informant.js" type="text/javascript"></script> +That's it. The streets of your app are now a little safer. + View informant.js for customization options. README.rdoc @@ -6,11 +6,9 @@ The Informant spies on your forms and warns people if they try to leave a form that has been changed but not saved. - Learn more at: http://indielabs.com/entries/the-informant/ - Requires Prototype 1.6+ : http://prototypejs.org - Copyright (c) 2005-2008 Indie Labs, LLC. All rights reserved. + Copyright (c) 2005-2009 Indie Labs, LLC. All rights reserved. Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the informant.js 4cc14efe438fd1e61eb21a2901986aab86ba53eb Matt Wigham ihearithurts@gmail.com http://github.com/ihearithurts/informant/commit/879ab51c7fffb32b842a9a96be4182e8ce652da1 879ab51c7fffb32b842a9a96be4182e8ce652da1

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Updated The Informant's bio e0c50192c1df5d43b64aeda470f5e358b858adc9 Matt Wigham ihearithurts@gmail.com