Aaron Robinson said:

The coolest thing about that center flash thingy is that it's done entirely with javascript (no flash). There is a flash sitting on top of the logo that makes for the steam effect. Excellent design chops all around.

July 2. 2008 21:29

 Dave Burke said:

Aaron, Thanks for the comment. And thank you for calling it a "flash thingy!" I loved that. I looked for a reference to that type of control for 30 minutes until I gave up and called it a "slider center area."

And you're right, it's all javascript. I looked through the source before posting. And the steam effect is very cool.

July 2. 2008 21:36

 Tyler Gaw said:

Hey thanks for the mention, and the nice words. I was the lead designer/developer for that site. I was checking the Analytics for the it and saw a couple referrals from here.

That's so funny, when I was building the slider, coming up with a name for it was one of the hardest things, I called it "info_switcher", but now that I see it I'm kind of partial to "flash thingy"

July 11. 2008 02:20

 Dave Burke said:

"Info switcher!" From the lead designer himself. Thanks for the inside lingo, Tyler. But yes, Aaron's "flash thingy" nails it. Congrats on the beautiful work.

July 11. 2008 07:25