Aug
2010
From Flash Gallery to JQuery Gallery: Tough Transition Ahead
Poisted by : WebGuru Under : Website Design 2 CommentsThe sudden and great fall of Flash from the favor of its loyal fans may go down to the history of the website design and development as an enjoyable and interesting piece of documentary. But on the flip side, website designers and developers around the world are keeping their fingers crossed since Flash gallery is about get sidelined by JQuery Gallery thanks to the imminent arrival of HTML which is already making a loud knock at the doors. Over the last few years or so, image gallery or more specifically, flash gallery had been a rage among website designers since it is highly interesting, engaging and alluring as far as its overall appearance is concerned. But then comes HTML5 which turned turtle this tradition and people start favoring JQuery Gallery over flash Gallery since JQuery does not make a website heavy.
Now if you want to migrate from Flash gallery to JQuery gallery like all others, you will certainly need some JQuery plugins that can facilitate your tasks to a great extent. Here in this article, we are going to share some of the best and finest JQuery plugins that you will definitely love to have in your kitty:
Supersized –jQuery Plugin
This is probably the most powerful, creative and versatile jQuery plugin that will definitely make you say wow. It is the first ever-full screen image gallery that comes with a number of amazing features that you will definitely like to explore. Its transition effects are sensationally unique and its powerful controls are something to take note of. What is all the more amazing about Supersized is that it looks more or less like a desktop application. Here are some of its awe-inspiring features:
- Forward/back and pause/play navigation options.
- Endless options.
- Cycles Images/backgrounds via slideshow with preloading and transition.
- Image dimension ratio can be maintained while resizing images to fill the browser.

Galleriffic jQuery Plugin
This sleek and trendy plugin is extremely simple to implement and use. It looks great and it is extremely featured rich. Lets check out some of its unique features:
- Pagination with thumbnail navigation.
- Configuration is highly flexible.
- There is option that allows support for image captions.
- Slideshow gallery comes with an auto-updating URL bookmarks.
- If JavaScript is not available, degradation is possible.
- Bookmark-friendly URLs per-image
- Smart image preloading option.
- Support for multiple galleries per page.

Galleria jQuery Plugin
This is an image gallery that is written in jQuery. Images get loaded one by one and the thumbnails are loaded once each image is loaded. It is a supercool plugin that reduce your work pressure to some extent. Here are some of its salient features:
- It is extremely lightweight.
- Lightening fast image browsing
- Thumbnails can be cropped and scaled to proper structure.
- History object can be adjusted easily besides enabling the back button of the browser.
- Images behavior onLoad can be modified accordingly.
Zoomimage – jQuery plugin
This plugin is fabulous and innovative enough to give your image gallery a grand new look. It is extremely simple to use and implement. Inpage popup option is available with this plugin.


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