[jQuery] Re: Apple dashboard-style animation in jquery?

2007-08-30 Thread Duncan Heal
Hi Rolf Let us know how you go - I'd be interested to see how it comes out. I think the Dashboard implementation is very elegant. Something similar would make a great jQuery plug-in (but way beyond my skill). Regards Duncan - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sprocket Web Design www.sprocket.co.n

[jQuery] Re: Apple dashboard-style animation in jquery?

2007-08-30 Thread rolfsf
Yeah, that gives an idea of how to 'fake it'... I might have to pursue that approach if I don't drop the idea all together thanks! Rolf duncanh wrote: > > this may help - it's a page flipping animation > http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/07/20/javascript-sprite-animation- > using-jquery/ >

[jQuery] Re: Apple dashboard-style animation in jquery?

2007-08-30 Thread rolfsf
uery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of rolfsf > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 4:37 PM > To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com > Subject: [jQuery] Re: Apple dashboard-style animation in jquery? > > > > I got the impression from reading through the

[jQuery] Re: Apple dashboard-style animation in jquery?

2007-08-30 Thread Andy Matthews
Re: Apple dashboard-style animation in jquery? I got the impression from reading through the developer notes that it is a javascript animation: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/AppleApplications/Conceptual/Dashbo ard_ProgTopics/index.html Choose "Widget Backs and Preferences"

[jQuery] Re: Apple dashboard-style animation in jquery?

2007-08-30 Thread rolfsf
I got the impression from reading through the developer notes that it is a javascript animation: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/AppleApplications/Conceptual/Dashboard_ProgTopics/index.html Choose "Widget Backs and Preferences", and scroll down to "Flipping Sides" Perhaps I need to di

[jQuery] Re: Apple dashboard-style animation in jquery?

2007-08-30 Thread rolfsf
I got the impression from reading through the developer notes that it is a javascript animation: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/AppleApplications/Conceptual/Dashboard_ProgTopics/index.html Choose "Widget Backs and Preferences", and scroll down to "Flipping Sides" Perhaps I need to di

[jQuery] Re: Apple dashboard-style animation in jquery?

2007-08-30 Thread Benjamin Sterling
Wow... that is almost exactly what I had in mind. On 8/30/07, Duncan Heal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > this may help - it's a page flipping animation > http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/07/20/javascript-sprite-animation-using-jquery/ > > > Duncan > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Sprocket

[jQuery] Re: Apple dashboard-style animation in jquery?

2007-08-30 Thread Duncan Heal
this may help - it's a page flipping animation http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/07/20/javascript-sprite-animation- using-jquery/ Duncan - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sprocket Web Design www.sprocket.co.nz - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - On 31/08/2007, at 5:58 AM, rolfsf wrote: I

[jQuery] Re: Apple dashboard-style animation in jquery?

2007-08-30 Thread Benjamin Sterling
I see; well ultimately you can't flip anything like that in javascript, BUT... You may be able to achieve it thru trickery, now, I am just rambling this off the top of my head, but what if you create four images. Image 1 was the front side and when something is clicked, a link or something, that

[jQuery] Re: Apple dashboard-style animation in jquery?

2007-08-30 Thread rolfsf
doh! http://www.apple.com/macosx/theater/dashboard.html rolfsf wrote: > > There is a quicktime demo of the whole dashboard, and you can see the > various animations used. About a third of the way through you'll see them > click on the bottom right corner of a weather app and it flips over and

[jQuery] Re: Apple dashboard-style animation in jquery?

2007-08-30 Thread rolfsf
There is a quicktime demo of the whole dashboard, and you can see the various animations used. About a third of the way through you'll see them click on the bottom right corner of a weather app and it flips over and resizes thanks, Rolf bmsterling wrote: > > Sadly I don't have a mac, is ther

[jQuery] Re: Apple dashboard-style animation in jquery?

2007-08-30 Thread Benjamin Sterling
Sadly I don't have a mac, is there a demo anywhere I can have a look at? On 8/30/07, rolfsf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Is there an easy way to get the animation style used in the Apple > dashboard > widgets that flips the widget over to reveal the 'back'? > > Thanks for any leads or tips >