js/jquery coverflow effect

Question

Hey,

I try to archive a certain effect with js/jQuery: The Apple Mac OS X Coverflow effect which you can choose within finder. Can you point me to a gently & smooth working plugin? I love #roundabout for jquery but unfortunately they don't support that effect. I also tried some of the linked plugins of this post: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/67207/apple-cover-flow-effect-using-jquery-or-other-library but they are all crappy and just do not work smooth in firefox (not to mention IE).

Thanks

Answer 1

Check this out

http://paulbakaus.com/lab/js/coverflow/

http://imageflow.finnrudolph.de/

Answer 2

It seams as if the real visual effect hasn't been archived at all yet as it turns out to be quite difficult. You probably need too use some canvas/transformation technique for it. jQuery planing/development wiki says following: http://jqueryui.pbworks.com/Coverflow

Answer 3

I tried for a while looking for the same thing with javascript/jquery. Could find anything with the turning effect. At the end I used a Flex component by Sebastiaan Holtrop

You can see the demo app here - the controls on the side just show you how you can customize the component. Very easy to customize.

Works quite smoothly. It only took me a couple of days to get it to work for me - without knowing anything about Flex before.