You know, it almost seems as though there are now parallel worlds of
animation utility packages.
There is of course this family of effects, written in JavaScript, and
typically used by Rails apps. But then there''s very similar libraries
written in ActionScript, for Flash, that do very very similar things.
And since ActionScript is heavily based on JavaScript, one wonders if
it''s possible to at least use inspiration from one in developing the
other.
For instance, Flash has the Movieclip Tweening Prototypes, at http://
laco.wz.cz/tween/ which provide many similar effects to what we''re
talking about here. Local developer extraordinaire Moses Gunesch has
written a Fuse Kit that allows easy, object-oriented sequencing of
these tweens... you can also run them in parallel. See http://
www.mosessupposes.com/Fuse/index.html for details.
Now obviously you can''t run ActionScript in a JavaScript environment,
and vice versa, but it strikes me that since there''s an overlap in
the domains here, maybe there''s already some folks with some bright
ideas from which we could borrow.
Just my two cents!
Best,
Raymond
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Raymond Brigleb, Needmore Designs
Website http://needmoredesigns.com/
Email ray@needmoredesigns.com
Phone 503.490.4595
