Archive for 2013

    SwinxyZoom : jQuery Takes the ImageZoom paradigm to the highest level

    SwinxyZoom : jQuery Takes the ImageZoom paradigm to the highest level

    SwinxyZoom takes the ImageZoom paradigm to the highest level, not content with a single level zoom and jerky movements we’ve packaged together everything you need for a myriad of effects whilst taking care performance and compatibility to ensure a consistent look and feel.

    Designed to work across a large range of designs, screens (mobile, tablets, laptops) and devices from the latest UltraBooks to memory constrained mobile devices SwinxyZoom you can be sure the largest number of people will be able to see your imagery the way it was intended.

    jQuery Simple Context Menu

    jQuery Simple Context Menu

    There are loadsof context menu plugins already. But they require a fair amount of work to make them look good.This one is easy to use, small, and looks good.

    Features:

    • Tiny library. Only dependency is jQuery.
    • Simple API.
    • Looks good out of the box, with no additional tweaking.
    • Designed to look and behave like a standard Windows context menu.
    • There’s so little code, it should be easy to add your own custom features.

    Droptiles : Metro style dashboard in jQuery, HTML5 & CSS3

    Droptiles : Metro style dashboard in jQuery, HTML5 & CSS3

    Droptiles is an Open Source Windows 8 Start like Metro style Web 2.0 Dashboard. It builds the experience using Tiles. Tiles are mini apps that can fetch data from external sources. Clicking on a tile launches the full app. Apps can be from any existing website to customized website specifically built to fit the Dashboard experience. Droptiles is built almost entirely of HTML, Javascript and CSS and thus highly portable to any platform.But with very little change you can port it to PHP, Ruby, JSP or any other platform.

    Features:

    • Metro style user interface. CSS framework to build metro style websites, inspired by metroui.org.ua.
    • Drag & Drop tiles to personalize the experience.
    • Live tiles: Tiles are mini-apps, loading data from variety of sources.
    • Quick and easy App framework. Try the Flickr and News Reader app.
    • Client side object model and data binding for easy MVVM implementation.
    • Server side platform neutral implementation. Can be ported to PHP, JSP easily.

    3D Book Showcase with jQuery & CSS3

    3D Book Showcase with jQuery & CSS3

    Today we want to share an experimental book showcase concept with you. The idea is to make books look more realistic by using 3D transforms and apply some fun effects to them, like rotating, flipping and opening. This might be an interesting concept for online book stores as it adds some interactivity the user might find entertaining. The idea is taken from Lift Interactive (scroll down to see the book style).

    Vague.js : jQuery Blur any kind of Html Element

    Vague.js : jQuery Blur any kind of Html Element

    Vague.js is an experimental script that allows you to blur any kind of html element thanks to the SVG filters. This script is crossbrowser and it was tested on:

    • Firefox 10 +
    • Chrome 18 +
    • Safari 6.0 +
    • IE 7 +

    jQuery.BlackAndWhite : Convert Colored image into B&W Greyscale Image

    jQuery.BlackAndWhite : Convert Colored image into B&W Greyscale Image

    This plug-in can easily convert every colored image (in an html page) into a B&W greyscale image.It uses the the HTML5 canvas tag and a fallback for the old browsers

    MelonHTML5 : Royal Preloader with jQuery

    MelonHTML5 : Royal Preloader with jQuery

    Royal Preloader allows you to easily setup website images preloading in a loading screen and display the entire website instantly when it finishes. It comes with 8 pre-designed loaders and is super easy to install. All web browsers and mobile devices are fully supported. And all options can be customized via API.

    Features:

    • Preloading Website Images
    • 8 Pre-Designed Loaders
    • Display Loading Details
    • Fully Customizable
    • Easy to Install
    • CSS3 animations + Fallback for IE
    • Mobile Device Support

    pp3Diso : jQuery plugin that allows Management of a 2D or 3D isometric map

    pp3Diso : jQuery plugin that allows Management of a 2D or 3D isometric map

    pp3Diso is a jQuery plugin that allows the display and management of a 2D isometric map (or 3D isometric misnomer).

    Here are some of the possibilities offered by pp3Diso:

    • map size limited to 500×500 for a map,
    • ability to display multiple maps without reloading the page
    • Layer to layer for buildings and objects,
    • management and display an avatar (or not)
    • management and display a cursor 2 states,
    • displaying a user interface,
    • display of color zones,
    • display bubble-d’infos on objects or buildings, with relative or absolute positioning,
    • Display dialogue with freely configurable buttons,
    • zoom (possibility to zoom with the wheel)
    • pathfinding,

    Smoothie Charts : JavaScript Charts for realtime streaming data

    Smoothie Charts : JavaScript Charts for realtime streaming data

    Smoothie Charts is a really small charting library designed for live streaming data. I built it to reduce the headaches I was getting from watching charts jerkily updating every second. What you’re looking at now is pretty much all it does. If you like that, then read on.

    Window postMessage jQuery plugin

    Window postMessage jQuery plugin

    Modern browsers now support cross-window/cross-domain/cross-origin messaging through window.postMessage.postmessage is a simple wrapper for window.postMessage and the window message event, for those who wish to use this feature in a more jQuery-like way.postmessage falls back to window location hash polling for browsers that do not support window.postMessage (i.e., IE7).postmessage allows messaging back and forth using JSON where window.postMessage only allows simple string-based messages.postmessage also allows for complete request/response roundtrips using success/error callbacks modeled after jQuery.ajax.postmessage is tested on Safari 4, WebKit (Nightlies), Chrome 4, Firefox 3, IE8, IE7 and Opera 10.