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A frequent query and request I receive (and have myself) as a developer is: "how can I fade one image in to another?".
In particular, Nathan Wrigley of pictureandword.com, needed a method one image into another mouse rolls over, and the slowly fade back once the mouse has left.
Image rollovers were the staple JavaScript nugget of [...]
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Coda is one of the new web development tools for the Mac - and it's popular amongst designers and developers I know. Panic (the developers of Coda) are also known for their sharp design.
In particular, Jorge Mesa writes to ask how to re-create their 'puff' popup bubble shown when you mouse over the download [...]
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Michiel Kenis requested a tutorial explaining how to create a similar effect used to showcase the products on the Apple web site.
This 'product slider' is similar to a straight forward gallery, except that there is a slider to navigate the items, i.e. the bit the user controls to view the items. Simple stuff.
jQuery already [...]
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Daniel Mee requested a tutorial and writes:
I have a large image (500k). I have a loading gif (little rotating circle thingy from ajaxload.info). I want the animated gif to be swapped with the large image once it's loaded. The event may be on page load or may be some button onClick...
This is similar [...]
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Tabbing has been common place on the Internet for some time now. Today web sites will make use of tabbing without the page having to reload with the addition of JavaScript.
For this tutorial I have created two screencasts demonstrating how to quickly apply a dash of jQuery to different layouts of markup, which, if [...]
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John Resig, author of jQuery demonstrated how easy is create this simple slide aka drawer aka accordion effect during @media Ajax 2007 - it also makes for a great introduction to jQuery.
The effect is commonly known as an 'accordion' and it's usually used to slide up, or down blocks of content to expose [...]
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Forms are such a common element on the Internet we tend to blunder through them without too much thought. However, if the web site has added a few nice touches that make the process easier, it tends to speed up the process and reduce any frustration in finding our preferred username (i.e. try getting [...]