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 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. > http://www.commadot.com/jquery/slideMenu.php (click links at top) > > Pete, even though its not what you asked for, it might be a good choice. > > Glen > > On 9/24/07, Karl Swedberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > 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 like amazon.com?" > > under the "Custom (temporary)" section. Maybe that's something close to what > > you're looking for? > > > > One of these days when I'm not swamped with freelance work, I'd like to > > write a stripped-down plugin that just does that amazon.com thing. A > > bunch of people have already asked for it. > > > > Cheers, > > > > --Karl > > > > On Sep 24, 2007, at 6:36 PM, Glen Lipka wrote: > > > > 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. ClueTip. Shows one example of popup hovers like that. > > http://examples.learningjquery.com/62/demo/ > > > > > > There may be other plugins that help. I am interested in this if you > > nail it. > > > > Glen > > > > > > On 9/24/07, Pete < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I'm trying to construct a "popover" menu that resembles the one on > > > Amazon.com (put your mouse over "see all 43 product categories"). I'm > > > not too familiar with jQuery/JavaScript, but I thought I would be able > > > to do something like this: > > > > > > $(document).ready(function(){ > > > $("#link").mouseover(function(){ > > > $("#popup_menu").show(); > > > return false; > > > }); > > > $("#popup_menu").mouseout(function(){ > > > $(this).hide(); > > > return false; > > > }); > > > }); > > > > > > The problem is, as soon as you move your mouse off the link to go into > > > > > > the div, it collapses. Could someone please offer some examples/ > > > insight? > > > > > > If you'd like to see the page, here's a link: > > > http://www.keuka.edu/pete/jquery_float.html > > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > >
