Cover Flow in JavaScript

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One of the best javascript coverflow implementations I've seen. Very smooth, yet feature rich.

Then I saw the php dependency (just for the reflection if I understand it correctly). A bit of a bummer as reflections really make it sing. I don't know much CSS3 yet, but I wonder if that can help remove the php dependency.

Great work though.

PHP and CSS3 are as orthogonal as a pillow and a toaster.

Funny. But I meant, I wonder if CSS3 can do the reflections instead of PHP, which looks possible...

http://stuntsnippets.com/css3-reflection/

If you demand both reflections and the browser support, you might as well port the PHP code to Ruby or whatever else you're using.

Or use CSS3 and not worry about IE: http://www.webkit.org/blog/182/css-reflections/

>Or use CSS3 and not worry about IE

Exactly, like I care about IE. Plus, a lot of my HTML work is in AIR or PhoneGap anyway...mostly webkit clients.

The hardest part of Cover Flow is getting the side elements to mimic perspective, and that's still really hard to do in JS without resorting to Canvas.

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Cover_Flow

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