#Tile Show
Simple implementation of a tile-based design.
##Live Demo There is a live demo.
##We are dwarfs standing on the shoulders of giants
Implementing this kind of layout is quite simple.
First off, you'll need some way to animate movements. I've used CSS3 Transitions, but you can achieve the same effects using JavaScript.
A good place to get started on CSS3 transitions is the Using CSS transitions article on the Mozilla Developer Network.
A more thourough and detailed resource is the CSS transitions specification on the W3C website. It also contains a useful list of CSS properties that should be animatable through CSS transitions, although web browsers might not support all of them quite yet.
Secondly, to obtain that cool fill all the gaps effect you can't rely on CSS floats alone. You will need to listen for the window resize event, accessible through JavaScript.
The good news is that someone has already created an amazing library that takes care of that: Masonry. The default library works as a JQuery plugin, but you can also use the independent version: Vanilla Masonry.
Finally, you have to consider what parts of your design might or might not work on a touch screen.
For example, I've used a :hover CSS selector to present a descriptive text over the tiles. This won't work well on a touch screen, so I've used Modernizr to detect the device type and JavaScript to adapt the triggers when necessary: from .tile:hover (mouse) to $(".tile").click(); (finger).
##License
The MIT License (MIT)
Copyright (c) 2013 Tommaso Pavese
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