On: Gorgeous "Curling Page" JQuery Plugin

[chrisbroadfoot]

One question: Why?

[nihilocrat → chrisbroadfoot]

Well, at least the creator seems to understand the gimmickyness of the effect:

But please, use it wisely. If it starts popping up everywhere and becomes “that annoying javascript thing”, I'll be very upset.

[sammyo → chrisbroadfoot]

Because some people deeply lust after the page turn effect. No accounting for taste...

[invisible → chrisbroadfoot]

Probably because he was sick of using flash to make something "flashy" that catches the user's attention. But yes, use this sparingly.