Ajax and the Ken Burns Effect

An anonymous reader writes "IBM DeveloperWorks has an interesting project posted that shows how to design a client-side slide show using the 'Ken Burns Effect.' From the article: 'If the Web 2.0 revolution has one buzzword, it's Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (Ajax). [...] Here, you discover how to build XML data sources for Ajax, request XML data from the client, and then dynamically create and animate HTML elements with that XML.'"

Ajax and the Mr. Burns effect....

[Anonymous Coward]

It's Exxxcellent.

The Headline Says "Ken Burns Effect"

[klenwell]

Where are the sepia tones, jazz soundtrack, and pedantic voiceover?

Tom

Re:Ajax is for.....

[Anonymous Coward]

Your anus runs Linux?

Now I've heard everything.

Ken Burns effect?

[Anonymous Coward]

Ken Burns effect? What, it takes 10 hours to get through the thing?

Re:First Post

[alanwj]

First post :)

This is poor advice. First you GET. Did you even look at the article?

Alan

Coolest Ajax UI Ever

[Anonymous Coward]

Client-side slide shows are nothing. This is the coolest Ajax UI ever [photobucket.com]. This simple yet Ajax intuitive UI:

• was built with off-the-shelf, re-usable components
• was assembled in minutes and required no debugging
• has a scalable architecture
• uses well-defined interfaces to separate objects
• is inherently cross-browser compatible
• runs on Windows, Linux, and OS X

Re:This is detailed Ajax, Ken Burns style...

[fm6]

It isn't really Ken Burnsy unless there's corny and/or maudlin music playing in the background. Also, the pictures have to be so goddamn sentimental, you want to puke.

WHERE'S THE DEMO???

[JoeCommodore]

I don't get it, why do they fully detail a web cool app without a live demo??

Are there any examples of this in action?

Re:damn you ajax

[baadger]

You know what..i like the fucking flicker. i want ajax with flicker substitute. How else am i going to enjoy bashing the refresh button when a website is so god damn infuriating?

Re:This is detailed Ajax, Ken Burns style...

[fm6]

You just reminded me of why I despise Ken Burns. I was about halfway through The Civil War, which I had mostly enjoyed up til then. Then I realized I was watching a hyper-sentimental set of images from a veterans' reunion for the third time. Not the same reunion all three times, of course, but all three sets of images pretty much said the same thing. Then I realized I wasn't watching history, I was watching sentiment porn.

But this sort of crap plays well with the big corporations that underwrite Burns's projects. After all, it's not that different from the corny TV commercials they spend even more money on. And that's the audience Burns is playing to, not TV viewers. When something generates money, yeah, people are proud of it!

Re:This is detailed Ajax, Ken Burns style...

[I Like Pudding]

Not at all. There are many interesting occurances that happen on a regular basis. Many shows are full of content. The content of the shows is bold, yet smooth. Things are full of things. In conclusion, TV is a land of contrasts.

Now I'll get my rant on . . .

[Ohreally_factor]

This is a troll? It's a joke, you morons. The "Ken Burns Effect" became famous when Ken Burns directed The Civil War for PBS. To think that I used to come to slashdot for the intellectual stimulation. It's like most of the smart people have left. Yeah, the curve has moved so much that I'm one of the smart ones now. Freakin' idiots.