Recent Experiments
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- Name:
- Full Scale BG Images
- Description:
- Using full-sized photos as backgrounds of websites. The trick is to have images adjust to varying monitor sizes elegantly.
- Demo:
- Lots here
- Status:
- Still looking for the right project to convince a client to use it. No takers so far.
- Conclusions:
- Pending
- Name:
- Fluid Layout
- Description:
- Instead of laying page elements horizontally and then vertically, this fluid layout minimizes gaps of elements of varying height, much like a mason would with stones.
- Demo:
- here, here, and here.
- Status:
- We're hoping to do a custom layout for a client that incorporates this, and then look at incorporating it into our CMS, probably with image galleries.
- Conclusions:
- Awesome.
- Name:
- Parallax View
- Description:
- Parallax View simulates the effect of objects at different distances seeming to move at different rates. Many old scroller video games used this.
- Demo:
- here
- Status:
- We almost tried this with the clouds at the top of our SiteStrux site, but it didn't quite make sense. We love the effect, but still not sure about practical application.
- Conclusions:
- Pending
- Name:
- Coverflow
- Description:
- Simulating the effect iTunes uses to navigate through album covers.
- Demo:
- here
- Status:
- Completed, integrated into CMS.
- Conclusions:
- After experimenting with jQuery, Flash, and HTML5, we decided to work with a Flash implementation.
