The project I'm working on has some dynamic tablular data, and whilst looking around for some options sort and filter the result set, I came across DataTables.net (http://datatables.net/) - And yet again it goes to show just how great the internet can be, along with showing some true altruism from those using it. This combined with jQuery, both of which are free (yes, FREE!) means you can take your static or dynamic tables, populated by Ajax methods, and instantly filter and sort it as required, fully styled to match your needs.

So thank you DataTables.net, I've happily donated to your excellent project.

Interesting article:

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/10/07/16-pixels-body-copy-anything-less-costly-mistake/

A good well, reason argument, however good balance of design could win over if needed?

If you like the site's colour changing buttons, then head over to here and have a read of Jonathan Snook's blog. Here he outlines the concept, like using sprites for mouseovers, of scrolling the background which has been used to great effect here and on Sealeys.

To work with this effect you do need the usual jQuery library and the background scrolling plugin.

The images on top are layered and use the builtin jQuery .fadeIn() and .fadeOut().