Website design...?

[OnegreatLink]

Web design…

…the ‘slide show effect’. Main image appears above the four other images only when the visitor clicks on an image - similar to what Uk.yahoo.com has on their homepage under. What is the actual term for this?

 

[cmcp]

You'll find many people call it different things. Where I work we call any section highlighting content a Feature Slot.

Depending on the javascript effect /transition of the content it could be a slider, scroller, etc.

If you're documenting it's use just give it a contextual description at the start of the document.

 

[owas]

think they are called "jquery tabs" do you mean like this

http://jqueryui.com/demos/tabs/

 

[owas]

opps just relised you meant the ones with the image on yahoo, all I could find was this

http://www.flashscroller.com/index.html#product18

 

[fusingcreativity]

Personally, I think "Slide show effect" works perfectly well and everyone will know what you mean - no need in going down a jargon route if you don't have to. There are just many ways of creating such effect.

 

[Waveney Books]

Am I the only person that hates these?

Anything on a website that moves, automatic music or.....horror of horrors......a speaking animated 'person', and I simply close the site.

It's just me isn't it? I'm a menopausal misery

 

[fusingcreativity]

Am I the only person that hates these?

Anything on a website that moves, automatic music or.....horror of horrors......a speaking animated 'person', and I simply close the site.

It's just me isn't it? I'm a menopausal misery

Yes, yes you are

Haha, some of them are dreadful, and I agree, I hate those speaking animations or videos and it frustrates me when you don't have a button to turn them off!