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Eric Lease Morgan wrote: > The following link implements a slider, and I thought such a metaphor > would be a good one for any number of library interfaces: > > http://librarycopyright.net/digitalslider/ > > 1. For example, it could be used to "gauge" a Find More Like This > One function. Move slider up or down. Return a higher or lower > integer. Use integer to set an upper bounds or lower bounds of items > returned from a call to xISBN or LibraryThing ISBN. > > 2. Another example might be with Did You Mean? Move slider up or > down to determine the number of possible spelling (or thesaurus) > suggestions returned. > > 3. Here's a third one. Move slider to show more or fewer details > from a bibliographic records. At one end of the spectrum is just > identifier. At the other end of the spectrum is a full record. > > I think the idea of a slider is cool as well as kewl. How could I > implement something like this easily? > Hi Eric, Do a google search for "ajax slider" and you'll find lots of implementation with demos Here's just one example of a javascript/php/ajax implementation: http://roshanbh.com.np/2008/01/slider-using-php-ajax-and-javascript.html Take a look at the Sliders page on the Ajaxian wiki at: http://ajaxpatterns.org/Slider Go down to the real world examples page and try the Amazon Loose Diamonds link.