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The jQuery Slider Plugin with Infinite Style

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Re: The jQuery Slider Plugin with Infinite Style

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post #2

This looks great, but it really annoys me when Javascript/CSS plugins don't explicitly state their browser support. 'Gracefully degrades in older browsers' means different things to different people, and without a quick chart I'm much less likely to invest the time in trying it out.

The plugin works in all browsers that support CSS3 transitions and gracefully degrades down to Firefox 3.6 and IE7.

Re: The jQuery Slider Plugin with Infinite Style

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From the site: "Unique transition styles created using CSS3" Couldn't these "Unique transitions" be applied to most existing slideshow plugins, since they are done with CSS3 and not the plugin itself? Say, if I was using http://slidesjs.com/ , I could do `addClass('animate-in')` using the `animationStart()` event. I say this as I'd like more people to contribute to a solid, widely used and tested slideshow plugin, in…

Hi,

I'm not familiar with slidesjs.com so I can't compare the two but the way in which Sequence is built is very much different to other sliders that I have come across. Sequence basically just controls the attribution of class names (animate-in and animate-out), allowing a sliders transitions to be completely written in CSS.

Re: The jQuery Slider Plugin with Infinite Style

#13
post #7

Looks great. Any plans for a Wordpress based theme revolving around this or a plugin?

Hi krmmmalik,

I would like to turn this into a WordPress plugin in the future although as I've only just released the beta, I'd like to spend my spare time improving that first.

Re: The jQuery Slider Plugin with Infinite Style

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From the site: "Unique transition styles created using CSS3" Couldn't these "Unique transitions" be applied to most existing slideshow plugins, since they are done with CSS3 and not the plugin itself? Say, if I was using http://slidesjs.com/ , I could do `addClass('animate-in')` using the `animationStart()` event. I say this as I'd like more people to contribute to a solid, widely used and tested slideshow plugin, in…

This is a good (and fair) question. Sequence doesn't appear to do a ton of stuff the box, without applying a theme from the site or one of your own design.

That is, however, why I love this idea. It looks like this provides a good foundation for creating a slider; a nice interface, well documented options and callbacks, and nothing more.

I feel like I can actually build something of my own with this instead of clobbering an existing slider plugin with my own code until it does what I want. This is a much sharper tool than a widget pre-bundled with style defaults.

Re: The jQuery Slider Plugin with Infinite Style

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From the site: "Unique transition styles created using CSS3" Couldn't these "Unique transitions" be applied to most existing slideshow plugins, since they are done with CSS3 and not the plugin itself? Say, if I was using http://slidesjs.com/ , I could do `addClass('animate-in')` using the `animationStart()` event. I say this as I'd like more people to contribute to a solid, widely used and tested slideshow plugin, in…

This is a good (and fair) question. Sequence doesn't appear to do a ton of stuff the box, without applying a theme from the site or one of your own design. That is, however, why I love this idea. It looks like this provides a good foundation for creating a slider; a nice interface, well documented options and callbacks, and nothing more. I feel like I can actually build something of my own with this instead of clobbe…

Well said. And, I agree. I didn't even think of enhancing an existing basic JS slider with additional animations using CSS3.

I'm still not sure if I'll switch from SlidesJS to Sequence, just because I am quite familiar with the SlidesJS source. But, definitely good work by ianlunn--I'm going to attempt a similar effect with SlidesJS sometime soon.

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