Flash-like visual effects in JS / jQuery

Question

I know there are thousand of visual effects made in JS that can be found on Google. But most of that effects are useless in web-design, or are outdated like "clock following mouse cursor" :| Also I know sites like http://www.chromeexperiments.com and http://www.dhteumeuleu.com but those examples make web-browser uses 100% CPU power and mostly looks good only as an example.

What I'm looking for is effects that looks nearly impossible to achieve without Flash, that not use 100% CPU, and doesn't disturb user. I need it for game web-page. One of very good examples is this one: http://jqueryfordesigners.com/demo/trovster.html - look carefully at header.

Answer 1

Scriptaculous?

Answer 2

Take a look at jQuery UI - which provides abstractions for low-level interaction and animation, advanced effects and high-level, themeable widgets, built on top of the jQuery JavaScript Library, that you can use to build highly interactive web applications.

Here is a list of websites using jQuery UI:

• Arcadya – Torrents & subtitles for TV series (iGoogle/Netvibes style)
• Beltrami – Product selector, picture albums, searchfunctions, …
• EA – Video Games
• iRich – Keep tracking your expenses online. (Chinese 中文)
• kolko.bg – The only reliable Bulgarian Internet shopping assistant.
• MacWorld.fr
• PCworld.fr
• Poker Square – single-player card game
• PartyHandbook – UK nightclub event listing guide

Demos and documentation: http://jqueryui.com/demos/

Answer 3

jParallax is an efficient jQuery plugin that does game-like parallax scrolling. Useful for web design? Well... if you really want something that acts like a video game, maybe.