16
Apr
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jCoverflip is a jQuery plugin for easily creating coverflow-like interfaces that can display images or any other content.
The content can be browsed by simply clicking on any of the items or using a slider (jQuery UI slider).
It is possible to define the number of items to be displayed and the animation speed of transitions.

Also, the look and feel can be customized as colors, fonts and styles used can be edited.
P.S. Optionally, it comes with "methods of integration" for Drupal-powered websites as a module.
Requirements: jQuery and jQuery UI
Compatibility: All Major Browsers
12
Apr
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simpleSli.de is a simple and lightweight (4kb compressed) jQuery slideshow plugin that can display any HTML content.
It comes with only few options for customization including the speed of the transitions, width of the slider and colors.

The plugin mostly uses the HTML tags of the elements for configuration like the alt tag defines the slide sequence or a jump-to class is used for linking to a specific slide.
The contents of the simpleSli.de can be browsed with prev-next buttons or as an auto-slideshow where a status bar can visualize the position of the slider.
Requirements: jQuery
Compatibility: All Major Browsers (except IE6)
8
Apr
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Coin Slider is a jQuery image slider plugin that has unique transition effects.
It has a navigation box and prev-next buttons that appear on hover for easily browsing images.
The slider has an optional auto-slide feature which can also pause on hovers.

Coin Slider can "show information" about the images displayed and images can also be set as links to the defined URLs.
The plugin has also a lot of room for customizing the effects, including:
- effect type (random, swirl, rain, straight)
- squares per width and height
- delays in squares and transitions
- opacity level and speed of the information
And, best of all, it is compatible with all major browsers (yes, including IE6).
Requirements: jQuery
Compatibility: All Major Browsers
1
Apr
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Piecemaker is a free and open source Flash image slider that displays images with 3D slice effects.
It can be completely configured from a XML file like setting the tween type, distance, time, delay, etc. and doesn't require working with the .FLA source file.
The slider shows images almost instantly due to the external image loading feature and supports JPG, GIF, PNG formats.

Once hovered, it displays prev-next buttons and a play/pause option for easier browsing.
Images are defined inside the XML file and a description text for each of them can be mentioned (including links).
It is also possible to customize the styles of these descriptions via CSS.
Piecemaker can be downloaded from Activetuts+, a high-quality Flash tutorials community, which also shares the detailed story of the slider.
Requirements: No Requirements
31
Mar
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jbgallery is a feature-rich jQuery plugin for displaying multiple images or multiple galleries in a webpage.
It can run as a slideshow, a site's background, in a "dialog" mode or as a common pop-up.

The plugin's API allows controlling the features like prev-next, viewing a specific image, labels, timers and delays so easily. It also has callbacks on every step.
jbgallery can display thumbnails of the images and browsed via keyboard.
And, it comes with a Picasa adapter for displaying images from the service.
Requirements: jQuery
Compatibility: All Major Browsers
23
Mar
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Nivo Slider is a lightweight (5kb compressed) jQuery plugin for creating good-looking image sliders.
It simply converts an element that wraps images into a slider and offers 9 unique transition effects.

The plugin can display prev-next buttons and a navigation to control the slides.
The transition to be used can be a single one or you can set Nivo Slider to randomly apply them.
Also, it is possible to define the number of slices, animation speed and pause period for maximum customization.
Requirements: jQuery
Compatibility: All Major Browsers (except IE6)
19
Mar
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slideGallery is a MooTools plugin for creating customizable image carousels easily & quickly.
It converts any given unordered list into a slider & can be styled with CSS.

The plugin can display any defined number of images horizontally or vertically, auto-play them, have prev-next buttons and these functions can be configured more with:
- setting the class of prev-next elements
- speed and duration of slides
- transition to be used
- direction of the transitions
- & more..
slideGallery works in all major browsers including IE6.
Requirements: MooTools
Compatibility: All Major Browsers
25
Feb
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jqFancyTransitions is a jQuery plugin for displaying images as a slideshow with fancy effects.
It has support for 3 transitions: wave, zipper & curtain but they can be diversified with the ability of setting the position & direction of the animations.

The slideshow has few other configuration options like:
- delay between transitions
- delay between strips
- number of strips
- title speed
- title opacity
Compared to many other slideshow scripts, jqFancyTransitions doesn't require an unordered list of items but, simply, needs an element wrapping the images.
Requirements: jQuery
Compatibility: All Major Browsers
9
Feb
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Uniform is a jQuery plugin that enables you to control the look & feel of form elements (checkboxes, drop down menus, radio buttons & file upload inputs).
It is unobtrusive & works by hiding the original elements + replacing them with custom ones.

Uniform is very easy to use & can be set to convert every form element on the page or any specific ones.
The plugin has theming support & comes with a theme kit to quickly create unique forms.
Requirements: jQuery 1.3+
Compatibility: All Major Browsers (except IE6)
21
Jan
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bxGallery is a lightweight jQuery plugin for creating image galleries with thumbnails.
It requires images to be defined within an unordered list & converts them to a gallery with several options like:
- max width/height of images (will resize maintaining aspect ratio)
- thumbnail width & if it will be cropped to create a perfect square
- opacity of thumbnails
- loading text & image
The plugin also has an option for setting the position of the thumbnails (top-bottom-right-left).

Requirements: jQuery
Compatibility: All Major Browsers