[jQuery] Re: jQuery for Floating Div

2007-09-25 Thread Pete Bekisz
Karl -- Thanks for the link. That is similar to what I'm looking for; thanks! Unfortunately, I don't know nearly enough about jQuery -- or JS -- to modify the script. And, also, it looks like Amazon launched a new design tonight, eliminating the menu. Grrr. I slightly modified the script and

[jQuery] Re: jQuery for Floating Div

2007-09-25 Thread Pete Bekisz
Glen -- That's really slick! I don't think I'll be able to use it on this project though, but I think it's great for a quicklinks feature. It just pulled up Intuit -- what a slick site! On 9/24/07, Glen Lipka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry Karl. I just grabbed the one that came up first in

[jQuery] Re: jQuery for Floating Div

2007-09-25 Thread Glen Lipka
If amazon took theirs down, you can still see a similar example on Microsoft. Wow, microsoft just changed their site pretty heavily. Try here http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx They optimize for IE7 of course. Top right link. Glen On 9/24/07, Pete Bekisz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[jQuery] Re: jQuery for Floating Div

2007-09-25 Thread Pete Bekisz
Actually, Amazon looks the same again. I wonder what they're up to over there On 9/25/07, Glen Lipka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If amazon took theirs down, you can still see a similar example on Microsoft. Wow, microsoft just changed their site pretty heavily. Try here

[jQuery] Re: jQuery for Floating Div

2007-09-24 Thread Glen Lipka
That's a nice effect. I have been trying to do something like that too. Microsoft does a very similar thing. Some helpful plugins to check out: 1. Hoverintent. Slows down the interaction to make sure the user intended to mouseover.http://cherne.net/brian/resources/jquery.hoverIntent.html 2.

[jQuery] Re: jQuery for Floating Div

2007-09-24 Thread Karl Swedberg
Hey Glen, That's actually a pretty old version of the plugin. A new(er) and improved version can be found here: http://plugins.learningjquery.com/cluetip/demo/ Pete, Check out that URL above and click on the Examples link at the top of the page. Then hover over the link that says sort of

[jQuery] Re: jQuery for Floating Div

2007-09-24 Thread Glen Lipka
Sorry Karl. I just grabbed the one that came up first in google. :) Yeah, that amazon effect is really useful. I tried to do that with Intuit, but couldn't figure it out, so I ended up with the slideLinks instead. These did very well in usability studies. Unexpected wow.

[jQuery] Re: jQuery for Floating Div

2007-09-24 Thread Karl Swedberg
On Sep 24, 2007, at 8:45 PM, Glen Lipka wrote: Sorry Karl. I just grabbed the one that came up first in google. :) Yeah, that amazon effect is really useful. Hey, not a problem, Glen. :-) I tried to do that with Intuit, but couldn't figure it out, so I ended up with the slideLinks instead.