

Cross posting from another blog, I thought to share one more little UI / Javascript / CSS experiment. The idea was to come up a few navigation elements which can behave as both floating (fixed positioning) and scrollable at different times. As a user scrolls, these elements feel as they somewhat stick to other parts of the interface (a central container), and hence the name. Please have a look at the quick and dirty prototype and let me know your thoughts.

Whether you call it an emerging UI pattern or an experiment, the main reason why I did this was to get a better feel for the interaction in a real life project. I also wanted to convey the idea of such a navigation to the client, and visual representations such as sketches or wireframes just weren’t adequate.

Beware, the code is ugly. But then again it’s a prototype, so who cares. :)

Credits: Jakub Linowski

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