started work on wrapping the thing as a jQuery plugin (might stall as this is not a priority)...

Signed-off-by: Alex A. Naanou <alex.nanou@gmail.com>

ui/gallery-prototype.js

@@ -6,6 +6,59 @@ $(document).ready(setup);
 
 
 
+/**************************************************** jQuery Plugin **/
+/* TODO:
+ * 	- basic functionality 
+ * 		- setup / options
+ * 		- navigation
+ * 	- events
+ * 		- onPromote
+ * 		- onDemote
+ *
+ * This will do the folowing:
+ * 	- build the basic elemnt tree needed for the viewer
+ * 		we will need a seporate component to:
+ * 			- init the visual controls
+ * 				ImageGridUIButtons
+ * 			- init the keyboard controls
+ * 				ImageGridUIKeyboard
+ * 			- init the touch/swipe controls
+ * 				ImageGridUITouch
+ *
+ * 		the other components must be usable independently
+ *
+ *
+ * see: ImageGridUI.js for a generated scafold example...
+ */
+(function($){$.fn.ImageGridUI = function(options) {
+	// NOTE: this refers to the element this was ivoked on...
+	
+	var options = $.extend({
+		// default options...
+	}, options)
+
+	// XXX chose the method architecture...
+	// 		possible options:
+	// 			- use jQuery style message passing...
+	// 				$.ImageGridUI(<message-name>, <arguments> ...)
+	// 					- too singleton-ish
+	// 			- use a constructor and native methods...
+	// 				var ui = $(...).ImageGridUI(<options>)
+	// 				ui.method(<arguments>)
+	// 					- ui may be a collection...
+	// 					- need to query by ImageGridUI to get the objects again 
+	// 					  instead of re-constructing...
+
+  
+
+	// jQuery chainability...
+	// XXX do we use this or return construct and an ImageGridUI object instead?
+	return this
+}})(jQuery)
+
+
+
+
 /************************************************************ Setup **/
 
 function setup(){