Stellar.js is a JavaScript library for achieving a parallax effect on any scrolling element.
The library supports iOS (with Scrollability) and most major browsers.
Stellar.js is impressively easy to use; the available attributes are intuitive, and, after a quick look at the docs, you’ll be able to create parallax animations in no time.
All parallax-ed elements will return to their original position when their offset meets the edge of the screen — see the demo in the homepage.
Lightview is a jQuery plugin for creating overlay windows (lightboxes).
It features an easy-to-use API and extra media support which is sometimes lacking in other LightBox plugins.
What’s interesting about Lightview is how comprehensive the library is.
It features a powerful API, skinning, callbacks, and has more options than a regular user would need… ever.
Lightview is quite the heavyweight in terms of size, too: ~130kb for all required files.
The license is free for non-commercial use, and licensing for commercial projects starts from 50EUR.
WPZOOM have published Splendid, aminimalist, free theme for magazines
The theme looks nice and clean, except maybe the advertisement which stands out quite a lot.
Some of Splendid’s features:
Overall, this is a Splendid theme for web magazines, but you can tweak it to make it fit your needs.
Clue is a nifty web application from ZURB that creates super-fast website memory tests.
You are provided with a share-able link that you can send people to gather results; add a + to the URL to access (or share) the test results.
The clue test itself is rather simple: the visitor is provided a screenshot of your website, and, after 5 seconds, is asked to type five things that he or she remembers about the website.
Such memory tests give insight about the first impression your website makes, and are useful for catching design flaws and discovering what people who first visit your website remember about it.
Revolver.js is a slider that’s customizable as you please.
Revolver.js provides an easy-to-use API for creating a gallery of your own, and is used for creating your own, adapted sliders.
There are countless — literally, dozens upon dozens of slider galleries –, but Revolver has a distinct build that allows for customization.
The “slider-boilerplate” comes with an API that covers what you’d expect from a slider plugin, but leaves sorting the building blocks to you. Transition effects and callbacks are included, too.
Revolver is available as a plugin for MooTools and jQuery, is well documented and leaves but a small footprint on your project (4.5kb minified).
Music.js is a library for easily accessing note frequencies and chords in JavaScript.
The library itself isn’t an outlet for music as it only generates note frequencies and chords, but doesn’t do the actual output. (You can use e.g., Audiolet for that.)
However, generating notes is by itself quite the task. Note that this isn’t a library for notation but rather for easily passing the frequencies to an output library.
11 January, 2012
By Lauris Veips
