Tab Boxes are one of the most ubiquitous and popular of widgets. They pop up in everything from news sites to accounting software and for good reason. After all, tabs are one of the simplest and most efficient ways to cram more into a given block of screen real-estate than would fit otherwise.

Ajax24’s drop tabs replace the normal tab-box behavior concept with a twist. THese tabs pull blocks of content down from a tab bar to make them available and float them above the background content. (think window blinds or drawers as opposed to tabbed sheets of paper). I have a few reservations about the use of a widget with such slightly unconventional behavior. But all in all, the smooth motions of the widget and it’s novelty surely warrant exploration in more playful interfaces.

You can find the widget at

http://www.flash-free.org/en/2008/04/05/e24tabmenu-–-menu-desplegable-ajax/

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