In Development Diary: Taming the Fisheye, developer Alexei presents the development process of one of their user interface components — something that looks and works like the Mac OS X Dock (A clicked icon even jumps up and down).
In relation to the bunch of JavaScript dock menus that are found over the web, the one from Nitobi really seems to be the best working one if you look at the outcome. Unfortunately it’s pure JavaScript. No degrading. No replacement. But as the component is not finished yet, maybe they’ll improve accessibility until the promised release in early spring.
This reminds me to revisit a proof-of-concept script I started a few months back. I experimented to build an OS X dock-flavoured Web menu, based on a pure unordered list and the Script.aculo.us effect library. Maybe I will digg into that after Christmas again and then present some results, too.
RT @dertimbo Taming the Fisheye a.k.a The JavaScript DockPosted in Developing, Tags:Design, interface, osx, scriptaculous, usability
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