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Yeah, the one thing that made me click away from the site was the particle effects when typing. It really broke that 'suspension of disbelief' moment for me.
by cyberferret 9y ago
Yeah, the one thing that made me click away from the site was the particle effects when typing. It really broke that 'suspension of disbelief' moment for me. I know it is not a real terminal, but if you are going to go to the effort of making people feel they are interacting with a terminal, then don't break that illusion with fancy chrome.
- acobster 9y agoAgree. It's a fun effect to show off as a FE dev I guess, but it feels out of character. Maybe make a "party mode" or something? You could click a disco ball to turn it on! :D Other than that, cool idea and well executed.
- borski 9y agoThat's actually from an atom plugin called Activate Power Mode: https://atom.io/packages/activate-power-mode https://atom.io/packages/activate-power-mode Some of my colleagues use it and I tell them they're absolutely nuts, but they swear by it. It reminds them their code has meaning, I guess? Haha
- microcolonel 9y agoI once helped conduct a hiring interview where the candidate had that enabled, it had an especially bad effect on the video compression in google hangouts screensharing.
- microcolonel 9y agoThere is a Real Terminal Emulator™ with some effects close to this (including, I believe, a nyancat cursor) called Terminology (from the Enlightenment folks).