Stumbled on this JQuery Corner Demo which shows a really nice and flexible way to create rounded corners (or not even rounded) for boxes. The only potential problem here is: is this more CPU cycles than using the image/CSS tricks? Probably worth a very good try if you are already using jQuery on your sites. Regardless, worthy of a bookmark - especially if you need rounded corners at 2am in the morning.

Emenu is designed to create a fixed-width, fixed-height drop down menu contained within a header image.

James Padolsey has a nice imgPreview jQuery plugin, which i kinda like the look of. It shows a preview of an image when you hover over a link, similar to a tooltip.

This plugin allows any developer to recreate a “page slide” interaction on their own website… pageSlide wraps the original body content into a wrapper and creates an additional block for the secondary content load. The slide is animated whenever the click event is invoked.

The official title of the post is 20 jQuery Plugins for Unforgettable User Experience. Some items on this list were actually new to me, which is a nice and refreshing change. Here’s the list.

1. seekAttention

2. prettyPhoto a jQuery lightbox clone

3. ThemeRoller

4. The Silky Smooth Marquee

5. Auto-populate multiple select

6. jQuery Feed Menus

7. jQuery iPod-style Drilldown Menu

8. Convert a Select Box Into an Accessible jQuery UI Slider

9. Setting Equal Heights with jQuery

10. Increase the size of click targets and get more call-to-action conversions

11. Using jQuery for Background Image Animations

12. CrossSlide

13. Fading Links Using jQuery: dwFadingLinks

14. Agile Carousel: JQuery Carousel Plugin

15. Image Cross Fade Transition

16. Stylesheet switcher using jQuery

17. jQuery File Tree

18. jQuery Context Menu Plugin

19. jScroller

20. Jcrop

Using Javascript to Fix 12 Common Browser Headaches

Most are jquery fixes. Some things covered include:

1. Setting Equal Heights (jQuery example: $("#col1, #col2").equalizeCols();)
2. IE6 PNG Alpha Transperancy support
3. Changing CSS Classes in JavaScript
4. Browser selectors in CSS ($('html').addClass($.browser);)
5. min-/max- height & width support
6. Center Elements Vertically / Horizontally
7. Display Q tags in Internet Explorer
8. Increase the size of click targets and get more call-to-action conversions
9. Lazy loader

Cheat Sheets for Front-end Web Developers

Great slider/tab effect for jQuery.

FancyBox is another lightbox but according to it’s author it’s “something fresh and Mac-like”. Uses jQuery.

Features:

* Automatically scales large images to fit in window
* Adds a nice drop shadow under the zoomed item
* Groups related items and adds navigation through them (uses preloading)
* Can display images, inline and iframed content
* Customizable through settings and CSS

The Lightbox Clones Matrix

A nice list to have and refer to if you desire some functionality and don’t want to reinvent the wheel. I found jCarousel Lite and jCarousel via this page.

jQuery Spy is a very cool “Digg spy” clone that uses jQuery. Easy to use and customizable. Currently working with this on a client project.

FancyBox is another lightbox solution using jQuery. Not too impressed - i don’t like the way the photos disappeared as you “scroll” through them but does hold out some promise as something to consider. According to the site, looks like it’s also going to be reworked in the near future.

webdesignerwall.com has shows up some great, straightforward jQuery Tutorials for Designers. Starts with the basics.

Auto-populating Select Boxes using jQuery & AJAX is a great tutorial on working with jQuery, Ajax, and JSON… with select boxes. I was able to recently complete some client functionality thanks to this.

This select box manipulation jQuery plugin came up in my research. Bookmarking for later use, since there doesn’t seem to be anything else simliar for jQuery that i could find.

Scott Klarr has cheat sheets for Javascript, jQuery, Scriptaculous, MooTools, Prototype, Microsoft Ajax Library, Yahoo YUI, and Symfony. Quite a list, probably should grab these or bookmark.

This jQuery Validation plugin looks like a handy item to take note of. Bookmarking because the author is continuing development and has a great roadmap planned out.

Dylan Verheul’s autocomplete plugin is worth bookmarking if you think you might need a solid autocomplete with caching options to limit server requests.

Easy to use and install jQuery UI Datepicker by Marc Grabanski and Keith Wood.

The jQuery ScrollTo Plugin will scroll the matched elements to the chosen position. Here’s the Ajaxian ]

This is a nice minor variation on CSS tabs (with sliding animation) that i’ve seen. Uses jQuery, and also allows you to customize individual tab areas.

This is basically “jQuery For Dummies”. Great link, bookmarkable.

I’m bookmarking this “ultimate jQuery Plugins List”, with over 240+ items, for future use.