- by Judd Lyon
- Apr 23, 2009
- Filed in: Web design & development
jQuery makes our lives easier. So much so that it's tempting to use it all the time, inadvertently slowing our page load times (cue YSlow and Hammerhead). Combining, compressing, and delivering scripts at the end of your page helps in the HTTP request department. On the file size front, below are jQuery plugins that give solid bang for your performance buck.
Note: Files were minified using YUI Compressor. Size derived from ls -lh.
- idTabs
- Size: 2.1K
- What it does: Simple and flexible tabbed interfaces
- jCarousel Lite
- Size: 2.1K
- What it does: Offers a multi-option carousel (slider)
- Lazy Loader
- Size: 530B
- What it does: On-demand plugin loading
- Single Drop-Down Menu
- Size: 584B
- What it does: Basic drop-down navigation menus
- jQModal
- Size: 2.8K
- What it does: Modal windows AKA "lightboxes"
- AutoTab
- Size: 1.6K
- What it does: Filters form input and tabs to next field
- CSS Globe Tooltip
- Size: 479B
- What it does: Dead simple hover hints
- jGrowl
- Size: 4.1K
- What it does: Notifications a la Growl for OS X
- Cycle Lite
- Size: 3.5K
- What it does: Rotates banners/images
- ToggleVal
- Size: 1.1K
- What it does: Erases hint values from form elements on-click
- Pop!
- Size: 872B
- What it does: Easy and accessible drop-downs
About the author
Judd Lyon is the Principal of TRIF3CTA, a web design and Internet marketing company in Austin, Texas.
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