Sweet Javascript Techniques

Smashing Magazine (great website) has posted an exhaustive list of over 70 new AJAX and Javascript Techniques on their site (read it here). Here are some of my favorites off the list: 1. Timeframe A calendar with support date ranges. Very slick (Demo) 2.Creating a “filterable” portfolio with jQuery Learn how to filter ‘on the [...]

Smashing Magazine (great website) has posted an exhaustive list of over 70 new AJAX and Javascript Techniques on their site (read it here). Here are some of my favorites off the list:

1. Timeframe
A calendar with support date ranges. Very slick (Demo)

2.Creating a “filterable” portfolio with jQuery
Learn how to filter ‘on the fly’ with jQuery.

3. jQuery Context Menu plug-in
Build your own custom right click context menus using jQuery.

4. Supersized – full-screen background/slideshow jQuery plug-in
Loads up images as full screen background images and creates a slideshow. Neat effect. (Demo)

5. Moving Boxes
A jQuery image carousel, but this one zooms in on the current panel. Slick. (Demo)

6. Jcrop
A jQuery image cropper.

7. typeface.js
This is one that I definitely want to play around with further. I’ve always had problems with getting sIFR’s line-height/kerning just right. This is a javascript library that replaces text with any font.

8. AJAX file upload
This plug-in, for both jQuery and Prototype, allows users to easily upload multiple files without having to refresh the page. And any element can be used to open the file selection window. Check out the demo (Demo)

Again, there are over 70 at Smashing Magazine so be sure to check them out.