Chapter 15.3. Visual Effects for That “Wow Factor”

Though people ultimately use software because of the things the software will do for them, how people perceive the software will have a big impact on how they feel about it. People learn better and work better when they’re having fun. Visual effects don’t add anything tangible to your product (you don’t get to add an extra bullet point for them!), but they can make a huge difference in how your users feel about your product.

The MochiKit.Visual module provides a number of easy-to-use visual effects routines. MochiKit.DragAndDrop gives you a simple way to add drag-and-drop controls to part of your application. MochiKit.Sortable lets you give your users a way to sort a list with drag ...

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