MooTools Rools!
Sometimes it feels like such a contradiction being a web designer. The combination of 2 totally different fields: creativity and logic. Though perhaps that’s more because I’m a solo freelancer, but regardless. Programming definately is the easier of the two for me. One common tool designers use is JavaScript, and thanks to the wonderful frameworks, it’s very easy to get some nice effects. I’m partial to MooTools, because it seems to be the most compact, and also their site shows off their tools in a cool way.
They don’t have too many plug-and-play scripts, as it’s very much oriented to the JavaScript programmer. And their forums can be scary for a newbie. So I felt I would share some tutorials on how to get some of their effects in a relatively simple way.
Next article, I’ll explain how I made the tooltip thumbnail image on the Home page of my site.