Hard to describe...
I like to have a slider on my main page. It should show a pictures from other articles and an first X lines of the article followed with a read more. A few seconds later the next slide fades in. It's supposed to be a presentation. The user can autoplay, forward, backward, click on the article link...
Similar Wordpress Demo: http://www.web2feel.com/marina/ Just stay 10 seconds on that page for demonstration.
Is there an Featured Article Slider Extension?