Tab Effects - A COOL NEW 3D TABS TRANSITION EFFECT ON FIREFOX

[shankar_ganesh]

Tab Effect is a Firefox extension that provides transitional effect (similar to Xgl) when switching the tabs (Check the screenshot below). It’s a cool idea and could open the door for the development of more 3D effects in the browser. This is version 1.0 and it was released yesterday. It’s a work in progress and It still has some bugs to be fixed. The comments left so far in the extension page will give you an idea of what to face when you install it. I hope the extension developer will fix those bugs soon.
*arun-prabha.com/wdpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/WindowsLiveWriter/TabEffectsXglkindaeffectforFirefoxtabs_7E76/image%7B0%7D_thumb1.png
(The cube effect shown above is within the Firefox browser, not any OS transitional effects).

 

[Pathik]

nice man... thx.. ll try..

 

[Third Eye]

Ubercool.........

 

[GrimRazer]

great stuff..., thanks for sharing

 

[soham]

Looks great. I wonder how they did it.

 

[mehulved]

quite nice for eye candy.

 

[rajivrocks]

thnx.... newayz i already had it installed its really looks great but eats up sum resources....

 

[webgenius]

good graphic stuff... But it's total waste since it takes time to switch tabs...

 

[NIGHTMARE]

good already using

 

[rajasekharan]

Super cool . . How on the earth did they do it ???. All these comes at the cost of resource . . So not complaining there .

 

[nikhilrao]

WOW looks cool Must dump IE and try FF !

 

[goobimama]

How the hell does one use it? I've installed it, but now what?

 

[shankar_ganesh]

@goobimamama
just switch between tabs and see the 3d kinda transition effect

 

[vrnoormd]

Excellent, Thankx..

 

[Ankur Gupta]

I didnt like it coz its makes browsing slower...also its nt as efficient and eye catching as the flip 3D of vista...

 

[kumarmohit]

It makes switching between tabs a very bit slower considerin that cube rotates and new page takes position is a bit more time than conventional switching. But its not a resource hog @ all.

 

[deepak.krishnan]

thanks for the link

 

[goobimama]

wtf. No cube effects for me. Using firefox 2.0.0.2 (the latest version). Screw it, I can live without it I guess...

 

[Lucky_star]

Cuuuooool ...

How did they managed to do it in a 38 KB addon?

 

[goobimama]

^^ I guess its some kind of graphic instruction built into DirectX 8. Something like how MIDIs are of such small sizes...