jQuery Plugin Roundup 12: Animations, Twitterize
Welcome to the jQuery Plugin Roundup, episode 12. Remember you can send your plugins in for review through our contact form or @dailyjs.
Animated Box Shadows
This shadow animation plugin (MIT and GPL License) by Edwin Martin animates shadows using CSS. It’s an interesting effect when used with mouse over events.
$('#box1').animate({shadow: '0 0 30px #44f'});
Colour Animation
jquery.animate-colors.js, by the same author with the same licensing, can animated colour properties. It can animate a lot of different properties, and works more reliably than Color Animations by John Resig:
$('#demodiv').animate({backgroundColor: '#400101'})
Edwin’s plugins all work using the standard jQuery animate method, so they’re transparent and work the way you’re used to.
Twitterize
Twitterize (MIT License) by Vicente Plata shows a floating div with Twitter updates from a particular user.
It’ll need a bit of styling to make it look really cool, but it’s a simple drop-in plugin so it shouldn’t be too much work:
$('#user').twitterize({target: 'dailyjs'});
