20 more great AJAX effects you should be familiar with

Back in October, we wowed you with 20 awesome Ajax effects you should know about. The article went on to become one of Nettuts' most popular posts ever. This time, we have more than twenty equally great Ajax effects for you to know and love.

1. Image menu

Image menu is a simple piece of JavaScript that uses images to make a horizontal image menu. When you hover over the link, the image expands to reveal the rest of the image. It's compatible with almost all modern browsers (no word on IE 8).

2. Image stream

ImageFlow is an unobtrusive and "user-friendly" JavaScript image library script. It features an elegant scrollbar to browse images, all of which sit on top of a reflection, creating a Mac-like cover flow effect.

3. Instant.js

If you want to add some interesting backgrounds, rotations, and other effects to your images, Instant.js might be just what you need. JavaScript degrades gracefully, so browsers that don't have JavaScript enabled won't notice the difference.

4. Glass box

We’ve all heard of light boxes and even gray boxes, but what about glass boxes? GlassBox is an interface library that relies on Scriptaculous and Prototype. This nifty library will add transparent borders and other glitter-like effects. It's easy to use, skinnable, and even features dynamic content loading.

5. Search field CSS/JS

In terms of user interaction, autocomplete search fields are extremely valuable. Sometimes a searcher doesn't quite know what he's looking for, so anything that helps the user find exactly what he's looking for is a huge benefit.

CSSGlobe has a really good tutorial on how to enhance your website’s search field (unobtrusively, no less) with some CSS and Ajax.

6. Prototype loading

Loading images and fields is very important for modern web applications using Ajax. Protoload provides some built-in options to help show the user what is happening while waiting. The script provides many options such as color overlays for loading elements, custom text, and many other options.

7. jwysiwyg

jwysiwyg is a simple, powerful and extremely lightweight JavaScript jQuery WYSIWYG plugin. The plugin has many of the standard features of a WYSIWYG editor and is only 7kb in total size.

8. jquery.biggerlink 2

Bigger link 2 is indeed a simple plugin that makes creating larger, clickable links easier. It even allows you to embed links within link elements if that makes sense. (View the demo for clearer information.)

Bigger Link 2 runs on the popular jQuery JavaScript framework.

9. jQuery Tag Suggestions

tag suggestions are a popular use of Ajax in modern web applications. Much like the autocomplete search box, the jQuery Tag Suggestions plugin is an easy-to-use plugin that provides a way to quickly find the right tags for any application that uses tags. Improve user experience simply and effectively.

10. Face box

Facebox is a unique lightbox script that mimics the lightbox style of Facebook modal windows. Facebox is built on jQuery, looks and feels almost exactly like Facebook's interface, and is easy to install.

11. Humanized message

Humanized Messages is a beautiful jQuery plugin that does exactly what the name suggests: it creates user-friendly messages. The JavaScript plugin does this by creating a semi-transparent message on the screen that fades away over time.

12. LightWindow v2.0

LightWindow is another Lightbox plugin, but it adds some functionality that this type of plugin seems to ignore. For starters, this plugin allows for rendering and using multimedia within a lightbox. Movies, images, and even entire galleries can be displayed in a LightWindow. Perfect for displaying multimedia discreetly.

13. Unobtrusive table operations

Table data is often difficult to display efficiently, especially when you want to allow sorting of rows and columns. Unobtrusive Table Actions are a type of JavaScript that allow different effects to be applied to table data. With the help of this little script, you can highlight rows, columns, sort data, and more.

14. jQuery checkbox

jQuery Checkbox adds some tricks to checkbox fields in forms. It adds a toggle button that is very similar to the iPhone interface, giving a very distinctive on or off. Its usability is excellent, with dynamic skins that can be turned on or off on the fly.

15. iCarousel

Carousels are a great way to rotate content such as images or news stories. The iCarousel plugin fits the bill and is a simple small script that provides various configuration options and usage. News tickers, photo carousels and even ad carousels.

16. Mocha UI

MochaUI is another UI library for the JavaScript framework MooTools. MochaUI essentially builds a complete user interface for websites, forms, and widgets. It includes a file browser, window resizer, panel layout, tabbed layout, and more.

17. jTips

jTip is a simple concept but very effective for improving hover tip functionality. Based on jQuery, jTip simply adds an elegant hover box to pre-configured links on the page, all with the help of some Ajax.

18.Unified format

Forms have been a pain point for many web developers for years, and technologies like Ajax have greatly improved the user experience. Using Ajax, you can process forms, validate them, and send responses in real time without reloading the page. Uni-Form is a small Ajax script that is a plug-in playback concept that attempts to standardize form markup using XHTML and modularize forms so that individual elements can be easily added or removed.

19. Verification prompt

Validation prompt is a simple script that helps with form validation. It ensures that password and username fields are of specified length and can even validate based on regular expressions. Small and convenient.

20. Control Tab

Control Tabs (part of the powerful LivePipe UI) is a great script that provides many different ways to configure tabs on a page. You can use a standard tabbed interface or even use something like an image to display the tabs. Control Tabs is a powerful script and even has an API for fine-tuning the tabbed interface.

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