simplyScroll is a jQuery plugin that can animate (scroll) a set of elements either automatically or manually, horizontally or vertically. It can also accept dynamic image input via a Flickr feed (note not API) or a local JSON source. This plugin can be performance intensive, so speed and framerate are fully configureable to accomodate lower spec systems.

This plugin was inspired by Jan Sorgalla’s brilliant jCarousel, but I needed a simpler, more “Flash” like scroller for a client’s image gallery - and I absolutely didn’t want to have to actually use Flash! It features a cool infinite scroll mode, is fully skinnable and would be able to easily integrate into overlay/image gallery plugins such as Thickbox.

As noted in the intro above, this plugin can be quite performance intensive. However with increased computer power and new browsers like Google Chrome designed from the ground up for faster javascript performance, this kind thing of has (hopefully!) become possible. Netscape 4 users on a 486 need not bother testing this example! More examples are available on the plugin’s page and I will be doing new ones soon.

Hope this is useful, please let me know of any issues/bugs etc at will@logicbox.net or via twitter @logicbox

PS. Apologies for the quickly hacked together wordpress template - will improve soon. Honest!

UPDATE 19/02: I’ve added a new example based on custom HTML code.