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Ajax and the Ken Burns Effect

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the fun-with-code dept.

An anonymous reader writes "IBM DeveloperWorks has an interesting project posted that shows how to design a client-side slide show using the 'Ken Burns Effect.' From the article: 'If the Web 2.0 revolution has one buzzword, it's Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (Ajax). [...] Here, you discover how to build XML data sources for Ajax, request XML data from the client, and then dynamically create and animate HTML elements with that XML.'"

6 of 239 comments (clear)

  1. Ajax and the Mr. Burns effect.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's Exxxcellent.

  2. The Headline Says "Ken Burns Effect" by klenwell · · Score: 5, Funny

    Where are the sepia tones, jazz soundtrack, and pedantic voiceover?

    Tom

    --
    Innovation makes enemies of all those who prospered under the old regime... -- Machiavelli
  3. Ken Burns effect? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ken Burns effect? What, it takes 10 hours to get through the thing?

  4. Re:First Post by alanwj · · Score: 5, Funny
    First post :)

    This is poor advice. First you GET. Did you even look at the article?

    Alan
  5. Coolest Ajax UI Ever by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    Client-side slide shows are nothing. This is the coolest Ajax UI ever. This simple yet Ajax intuitive UI:

    • was built with off-the-shelf, re-usable components
    • was assembled in minutes and required no debugging
    • has a scalable architecture
    • uses well-defined interfaces to separate objects
    • is inherently cross-browser compatible
    • runs on Windows, Linux, and OS X
  6. Re:This is detailed Ajax, Ken Burns style... by fm6 · · Score: 3, Funny

    It isn't really Ken Burnsy unless there's corny and/or maudlin music playing in the background. Also, the pictures have to be so goddamn sentimental, you want to puke.