8 Fresh and Useful jQuery Plugins
jQuery helps us web designers and developers do some amazing things, and plugins make it almost too easy. That’s why it’s an obsession of mine to find new ones. I’ve been on the lookout for the past couple of weeks, and I’ve collected some good ones. Here are 8 Fresh and Useful jQuery Plugins.
Isotope
Isotype is a jQuery plugin for creating dynamic and intelligent layouts. It also lets you reveal & hide items with filtering, reāorder items with sorting – all done with captivating animations.
jQuewy
jQuewy is a simple, efficient, and lightweight loader for javascript functions, with a powerful CDN-ready backend.
Sausage
Sausage is a jQuery UI widget for contextual pagination. It complements long or infinite-scrolling pages by keeping the user informed of her location within the document.
ImageLens
ImageLens is a jQuery plug-in to add lens style zooming effect to an image.
jquery.timepickr.js
This jQuery plugin is an experimental approach to enhancing web time picking.
CodeExplorer
This jQuery plugin produces an online code explorer. It allows for different themes, multiple instances, fullscreen mode, github connections, and much more.
960 Grid on jQuery-Mobile
960 Grid on jQuery-Mobile is a port of 960 grid to jquery mobile. It merge the flexibility of 960.gs, and the ease of jquery mobile. It aims to bring more flexibility to jquery-mobile layout and thus make it easier to use on tablets.
jMenu
jMenu is a jQuery plugin that enables us to create horizontal navigations with unlimited sub-menus.
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19 comments
MJ
May 27, 2011Thank you for these really great examples.
Stijnd
May 27, 2011Nice list of some great plugins. Very useful thx!
herp
May 27, 2011Nice list. But it’s Isotope, not Isotype.
Alex
May 27, 2011Very nice list. I really like CodeExplorer.
Attractivo
May 28, 2011Great list – thank you! Love jquery
bristol rich
May 28, 2011These are some really fresh jQuery design examples of some really cool techniques. I’m especially partial to Isotype as it’s good to see web design technology borrowing ideas from mobile devices such as text prediction etc…
Greg Babula
May 28, 2011These are all very useful, thanks
Rajib Roy
May 29, 2011Very useful post. Thanks for sharing.
Collin Henderson
May 29, 2011Nice list, however, I’d recommend the 1140 grid system over the 960. http://cssgrid.net/
Sagar Ranpise
May 30, 2011Great list of plugins!!! Thanks for sharing!!!
Theo
May 30, 2011Nice stuff, thanks!
mariemma
May 31, 2011Cool! Merci pour toutes ces ressources!
Julio Rivera
June 1, 2011awesome find really like the ImageLens.
Web Design Greece
June 2, 2011Wow, great post. I really didnt know the power of jquery until this far.
Phoenix.rising055
June 2, 2011Just an awsome work, thanks for posting.
Angelee
June 16, 2011Honestly, I’m still confused with how to make use of the jquery plugin. I onced had an issue with my site’s jquery and I don’t wanna disturb it again. For the future sites that I’ll be putting on, I should know jquery better.
Ryan
June 28, 2011Thanks for the list of jquery plugins!
adumpaul
November 1, 2011Awesome collection of jquery plugins.Thanks for sharing.
Way2Geeks
December 10, 2011nice collection…Thanks for sharing..