This is a REAL odometer style javascript counter, where you can actually see the numbers spining. No Flash, it's all css and javascript. It can serve multiple purposes, like a live visit counter or a cashier style counter on a shopping website. Well, anything that involves updating a numeric value dynamically. It can also be used a fixed counter, like the one you can generate with a server script, but of course that isn't nearly as much fun as updating it in real time.
There’s an different approach to web page layout which is gradually getting some traction. The idea is that the layout is changed to best accommodate the window size. As you might expect, it is accomplished by using JavaScript to change the CSS of the webpage. Here are some examples:
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