Mac style popups – its the new LightBox
UPDATE: New example with source HERE
I was pointed to a web based SVN interface written in Ruby on Rails today. Warehouseapp.com has more grain than an 8mm film from your dads era, and still looks sweet. The work by Rick Olsen and Justin Palmer is pretty well know in the rails community but some how these guys manage to improve each time. Thier latest app brings you what I have started seeing more and more on the web. What might just be the next LightBox effect. I can only really describe it as the mac style alert which I have seen only on occasions in the wild (I dont own a mac……yet).
Hit THIS url and click the login (at the top left hand side of the page). Looks sweet huh? Well I had a play and implemented it in Flex using the PopUpManager. You can parent Popups to components or the application itself with diferent modal effects.
I have put a live version up HERE to play with for now and I will release the source in a couple of days after I have finished preparing my FXUG meeting presentation 
And yes the file is huge, as I put big graphics in
Nice! It’s actually modeled after Cocoa “Sheets”. When I get time I plan to tidy up the code and release it as open source.
Cheers!
Hey Justin, Wicked man will keep an eye out for it. The guys at http://www.wildbit.com/demos/modalbox/ have a pretty fully featured on I have been using in my rails app.
Nice work on the design dude! love the grain on the main site
Please ping me when you release
Cocoa Sheets for anyone whos interested:
http://cocoadevcentral.com/articles/000014.php
VERY nice, Justin! How’s that code coming?
Nice! Good work! I think I want to create a nice AS3 class along these lines in CS3.
Looks sweet! I’ve been watching this page for a few weeks waiting to check out some source.
Has it been released yet? thanks again for a great example!!!
Ok guys I have added the source:
http://blog.xsive.co.nz/archives/244
enjoy