Question

Ok – have been tasked with possibly an impossible (or at least a potentially nightmarish) scenario.

Need to come as close as possible to reproducing PowerPoint-like effects via HTML/JavaScript (the spec is large and ugly, so I will spare you the details).

Ultimately, I am looking for a solid launching point. I have used both Prototype/Scriptaculous as well as jQuery in many projects, and based on what I am seeing, it appears jQuery has the more plug-in available, so am leaning towards using jQuery.

Can anyone point me to some plug-ins, articles, or anything else that would help me in accelerating the research on this so I can define to my client what can and cannot be done.

Any other suggestions from you jQuery gurus are welcome of course.

Thanks –

Answer 1

What do you mean with “PowerPoint-like” effects. If you mean animations between slides you should look into

• the Effects available with the standard jQuery download (fadeIn, fadeOut, slideDown, slideUp, …)
• the jQuery Easing plugin
• the jQuery Cycle plugins effects browser