Script.aculo.us provides you with easy-to-use, cross-browser user interface JavaScript libraries to make your web sites and web applications fly. You can implement different modern effects easily, for example Fade in/out, Blind in/out, Drag and drop, Slide in/out, highlight, AutoComplete and Sortable List, etc. It is one of the most popular animation framworkm which is really powerful and similar to Mootools, however the size of the package is larger than Mootools. Here is the sample code.
new Effect.Opacity(‘my_element’, { duration: 2.0, transition: Effect.Transitions.linear, from: 1.0, to: 0.5 });
Requirements: Required Prototype
Demo: http://wiki.script.aculo.us/scriptaculous/show/Demos
License: MIT License
Snap Shots enhance links with visual previews of the destination site, including summaries of Wikipedia and IMDb, YouTube videos, stock charts, RSS feed and more. For website users, it’s an enhanced way to surf because links are no longer blind, they can view the screenshots/thumbnails before clicking on the link. To make Snap Shots feel more integrated into your site, they designed them to be customized with your logo and your choice of color theme and language as well.
Requirements: No Requirements
Demo: http://www.snap.com/about/shots.php
License: License Free
FeedMyApp is a showcase of web 2.0 application. They classify web apps by tagging them and creating a brief description for each one listed. You can browse the directory by tag or by date or you can search for apps using the search box. It is really a good source of design inspiration and get an idea of what needs to be a successful web application.
Requirements: Web 2.0 Applications
Demo: http://www.feedmyapp.com
License: N/A
Plugoo enables you to chat directly from your Instant Messenger with any visitor of your blog, personal webpage, e-sales site or even your web application. When you’re logged into your Instant Messenger (Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, AIM, GoogleTalk, Jabber or ICQ), you can receive in real time all the comments of your visitors or any question they might ask, and answer instantly!You can also change colors, title of your Plugoo, and visitors can choose a nickname to contact you.
Requirements: Any Modern Browsers
Demo: http://www.plugoo.com
License: License Free
Prototype Window is a javascript class which allows you to add window in a HTML page. This class is based on Prototype. The code is inspired by the powerful script.aculo.us library. You can even use all script.aculo.us effects to show and hide windows if you include effects.js file , but it’s not mandatory. The most important point is that all modal windows are resizable, you can also minimize or maximize at it any time. And they are skinnable as well which means you can apply your own theme for the modal window so that they can match our web application’s style.
Requirements: Safari, Camino, Firefox and Internet Explorer 6+, Opera
Demo: http://prototype-window.xilinus.com/samples.html
License: MIT License
BlueHost was founded in 1996 and is known for their quality web hosting plans with a lot of great features! They use Cpanel with all their plans but also feature support for such emerging languages as Ruby on Rails. They focus on just shared web hosting. Professional web hosting with the following key features is only $6.95/month.
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Requirements: No Requirements
Demo: Sign Up Now
License: N/A
Other than Tango Top Quality Vector Icons, there is another set of professional high quality icons – GNOME 2.18. GNOME 2.18 Icons are in PNG ( Transparent background which can easily integrate into any web site) and SVG format ( Scalable which means you can increase the size of the icons without losing quality. There are over 600 icons altogether. I think this is one of the best icon sets I have ever seen.
Requirements: No Requirements
Demo: http://art.gnome.org/themes/icon/1352
License: GPL License
dhtmlxVault (DHTML extensions File Upload) helps you to implement a modern and feature-rich file uploading part of your web application. So much wanted, the Progress bar will inform your customer during long-time operation about the ongoing process. Different file types are displayed with corresponding icons (you may add more file types when required). Built with AJAX technology, the control allows files to be uploaded seamlessly without reloading the entire webpage.
Requirements: Internet Explorer 6+, Mozilla 1.4+, FireFox 0.9+
Demo: http://dhtmlx.com/docs/products/dhtmlxVault/
License: GPL License
Couloir Slideshow is a demonstration of Flash-like behavior implemented solely in Javascript, HTML, and CSS. It is a very good resources for creating a gallery with resizing and fading effects. You are permitted to use it on your own project so long as you do so according to the rules outlined in the Creative Commons ‘Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0’ License and the license terms contained in the associated, third-party APIs.
Requirements: Any Modern Browsers with Javascript Enabled
Demo: http://www.couloir.org/js_slideshow
License: Creative Commons License
COLOURloversâ„¢ is a resource that monitors and influences color trends. COLOURlovers gives the people who use color – whether for ad campaigns, product design, or even in architectural specification – a place to check out a world of color, compare color palettes, submit news and comments, and read color related articles and interviews.
The COLOURloversâ„¢ community is regularly updated with information and examples of the way colors are used in the real world — along with news articles on color trends and interviews with top creative professionals.
Requirements: No Requirements
Demo: http://www.colourlovers.com
License: License Free
