Since my last update, I've made the demo page more verbose and created a "shear" effect that, once again, splits the element into rows and/or columns and slides them in alternating directions, with an optional progressive or random delay between each piece's animation.
I also added a parameter (args.unhide) that returns the opposite animation, which is not necessarily the exact reverse. For example, the opposite of the disintegrate effect is the build effect, in which pieces fall from the top into place rather than down from their initial positions.
Since the fold effect was acting strangely, and because its concept was so trivial, I scrapped it. It was supposed to be a simple chain of two wipes, one vertical and the other horizontal. Users should be able to figure this one out on their own.
I'm planning more advanced effects, involving non-linear sliding. I also plan to perfect a simple _Animation.reverse() that either simply reverses the animation's curve or handles pausing, reversing, and playing an animation in progress. My mentor and I have already discussed a simple prototype that might work.

very nice, but....
Yeah, link is wrong, but effects are great
Will those effects also work with compound nodes, say a dijit.Dialog's domNode for instance?
Great work so far.
Btw: See the effects at http://gruppler.dojotoolkit.org - for those who don't know.
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yes this is very cool.
Only it is wrong links
http://www.teichblog.de my blog ;)
lg matthias
Link Corrected
Thanks, guys. I submitted the post with a blank href so it linked back to this page, but I corrected it now.
@path: I don't see any reason they wouldn't work, since the node is deep-cloned, but I can't say for sure because I haven't tested it. I'd be interested to find out if there's a problem or not, so if you do any testing of your own, let me know!
Cool Effects
Cool Effects. The demos for some reason reminded me of the opening sequence from the TV Series "Get Smart". You just need to use some brushed steel textures instead of text.
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Very excellent. rapid,recipe.,.