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it's a lot of code for a so simple thing but, yeah, this is stylish :)
2 lines of code with Flex :)

or even better, just show the login form
no animations, less clicks...

imagin the script didnt work in someones browser, suddenly they cannot login.

Learn the technique, but firmly say no to _obstructive_, _improgressive_ Javascript, and never, never put style before substance for a critical functionality such as login

@zynasis, @jerryyji,

agree with you, but it's trivial to put the link to the login form as a hard link to a page, and then replace it with JQuery on load to do the fancy stuff so it degrades nicely (no javascript, hard link to page, javascript, fancy stuff). This is a good tutorial, and a stylish looking login. And easily fixed so it degrades nicely. Besides, you can put anything in the panel, not just login info.

I don't think this article deserves a down vote. But hey, it's a democracy here :)

Does not work without javascript. It's so trivial to make this unobtrusive, yet the author decided not to. This causes problems.