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jQuery iOS-like App-Folders


I’ve created a jQuery plugin for displaying information in “Shelves” or “App-Folders” like the folders on an iPhone’s home screen full of app icons.

It’s called jQuery App Folders and it’s also available on Github.

Take a look!


2 responses to “jQuery iOS-like App-Folders”

  1. This has great potential to solve the dilemma of using responsive twitter bootstrap modals (on mobile):
    http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4815466
    Even on desktop-browsers a full width split-page like these ‘shelves’ makes for a much better UX.

    Have you considered a version that serves these ‘shelves’ to any large screen (desktop browser and ipad), but just the direct links (images, jquery ajax loaded pages) to smartphones?

    Imagine a signupform with a couple of stacked blocks, vertical on a new page in iphones, and horizontal on any other browser. Both sharing the ‘notifications’ ios background, symbolising its temporary, actionable, out of current context function (like the tweet box in notifications, or osx mission control)

    • Good idea, Nomad! I’ll likely get around to something like that eventually, but if you’re keen, build one up in a jsFiddle or similar and share the link — I’ll add it to the homepage if it works well.

      Additionally, if you’d like to contribute to the core, then check out the Github repository.

      Cheers,
      Stephen

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