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Yay! More Gratuitous Special Effects For My Blog - Reflections!

From the 37 Signals blog I find out that reflections are the new dropshadows. Unfortunately I didn’t get the memo, but at least there is a nice simple javascript library to add reflections to images.

How long will it take someone to write a Windows Live Writer plugin to do the same?

So if it is working correctly, the image here should have a reflection.

UPDATE: Doesn’t seem to align quite right for me in Firefox, but looks great in IE.

Don’t you love jumping in on the latest fad? What will be next? BlackVelvet.js?

What others have said

Niels Hansen Sep 14, 2006 6:47 PM

# re: Yay! More Gratuitous Special Effects For My Blog - Reflections!

LOL!

I guess it's better late than never! Welcome to 2005! :)

Apple started doing reflections in the iLife applications and in OSX 10.4 with iChat (Reflections done in real time with video). And you can also see this is in iTunes 7 with your album art.

Joe Brinkman Sep 14, 2006 7:12 PM

# re: Yay! More Gratuitous Special Effects For My Blog - Reflections!

I much prefer the old drop shadow or stacked picture effects. Reflection is too strong an effect to use indisriminantly.

haacked Sep 14, 2006 7:44 PM

# re: Yay! More Gratuitous Special Effects For My Blog - Reflections!

@Niels - Well I'm always behind the back in the graphics side of things.

@Joe - I agree, and it doesn't look good in firefox. This may be the one and only time I use it. Was fun to try though.

Niels Hansen Sep 14, 2006 9:31 PM

# re: Yay! More Gratuitous Special Effects For My Blog - Reflections!

Yeah I kinda over it myself. It's been abused so much that it's lost its cool effect!