Web Animation Infographics: A Map of the Best Animation Libraries for JavaScript and CSS3 plus Performance Tips Today we have decided to showcase a 'map' of the current state of web animation by compiling highly regarded libraries, frameworks and plugins based on their versatility and performance. Infographic 1: The Map of Web Animation The infographic is divided into three sections, the first part is a selection of a few of the most comprehensive animation libraries which offer up all the tools one could ever wish for from easing functions and callbacks to timing control, not to mention the generic animation functions we have come to expect. We have segregated libraries which use CSS3 transition to animate elements from libraries which call on JavaScript instead. We have also selected libraries geared towards animations for SVG, WebGL or HTML5 Canvas. Infographic 2: List of Tools The second section is dedicated to the various methods for animating UI elements and any others objects in the DOM like scroll animation, parallax, sprites, 3D transformations, physics engines, and transitions.
10 cool Twitter visualisation tools You might think of Twitter as a way to chat with your friends, keep up with news or to hassle minor celebrities. We think of it as a ceaseless stream of data that only really becomes useful when you filter and sort it. Here are 10 tools for doing just that, with a twist. They take your tweets and turn them into animations, graphs and glyphs for your visual delectation. They're Twitter visualisers, the best the web has to offer. 1. Enter any Twitter account name in TweepsKey and you'll get a visual representation of their follower's activity. 2. One among a number of apps from developer Jeff Clark at Neoformix, StreamGraphs is a keyword visualiser. 3. ISParade is a Japanese slice of digital lunacy which went viral about a month back. 4. Putting the twee back into tweet, Tori's Eye converts Twitter output into origami birds flying over a crafty landscape. 5. Getting a bit serious again, Revisit displays a timeline of tweets based on Twitter's search syntax. 6. 7. 8. Visible Tweets. 9. 10.
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