One of the biggest problems facing Western Civilization is figuring out clever ways to display a large amount of content in a small space. One effective solution involves placing content in sequential blocks using what is known in the industry (and the 'hood) as a content slider. You may have never heard of it, but I'm willing to bet that you definitely have seen and used it.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.kirupa.com/html5/creating_a_sweet_content_slider.htm