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(New) Font Awesome Website

25 points by chrisacky 9y ago

pmx 9y ago
If you're still using V4 you can get the old docs here: https://fontawesome.com/v4.7.0/ https://fontawesome.com/v4.7.0/
ben_jones 9y ago
Scroll is super jumpy. Are you using some kind of SPA framework to render a list on components? Also looks like you're doing some kind of an infinite scroll implementation that doesn't work out so well.
- rpowers 9y ago
  I noticed the 'pro' emblems seem to start out fuzzy then become readable at a very slow rate.
- Raphmedia 9y ago
  They do but the main issue is that the browser has to render hundreds of .SVGs
  - plopz 9y ago
    The https://fontawesome.com/cheatsheet https://fontawesome.com/cheatsheet page works fine.
- Mayzie 9y ago
  Really really smooth on Firefox 58. Looks good.
- youngtaff 9y ago
  They're hooking the scroll events, running JS for 200ms+ in the handlers, and then trying to add some animated effects on top Urgh!
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pestaa 9y ago
Barely showing 2000 icons, and it brings a modern PC to its knees... The page looks way better than it used to, also the tagging is done well, but the page performance is so bad it alone can keep me from purchasing a license.
pan69 9y ago
There might be an issue with the icon Id's displayed. E.g. I see "chess-board" 3 times.
Hedja 9y ago
Strange they've updated the main docs to 5.x yet their master branch is still on 4.x without a 5.x release. https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome
- nkkollaw 9y ago
  They're probably trying to sell the Pro version. I bought it and it was the worst purchase I've made in a while. They took some pretty idiotic decisions with v5.
  - niteshade 9y ago
    Could you go into detail, please? I was close to buying it, would like to know what annoyed you about it
    - nkkollaw 9y ago
      First of all, they got a lot of money from the Kickstarter campaign, and they're pushing the pro version way too much. The thing that annoyed me the most was that they changed most of the classes, making the thing incompatible with previous versions and forcing you to relearn everything. They did this to consolidate the code, but as users we don't give a damn about the code, just that the thing does what it's supposed to. I tried using their SVG version, and it works completely different from the font version: no inheriting of font color, incorrect size compared to font, etc. (Font version is fine). No CDN. Loading the thing is a pain in the ass. I'm on mobile and can't write a lot, but you get the idea. It was still in beta and it's a product that I've normally gotten for free so I probably had high expectations for the paid version, but if I wasn't lazy I would've gotten a refund. If your client is buying it, go for it. If it's your money, take your GF to dinner.
nkkollaw 9y ago
Trying to click on the footer links on mobile is the new Tetris.
lousken 9y ago
<div class="dn-pr flex-none bg-red5" id="javascript-disabled-bar" role="alert"> <div class="mw9 center bg-red7 pv4 ph4 ph6-l"> <h2 class="f4 fw6 mt0 mb1 white">Oi. You need to enable JavaScript.</h2> <p class="mv0 lh-copy red2">The Font Awesome website relies on JavaScript. <a class="link fw6 white underline-hover" href="http://www.enable-javascript.com" target="_blank">Enable JavaScript</a> and then we'll get you going.</p> </div> </div> nice

25 points by chrisacky 9y ago

pmx 9y ago

If you're still using V4 you can get the old docs here: https://fontawesome.com/v4.7.0/ https://fontawesome.com/v4.7.0/

Scroll is super jumpy. Are you using some kind of SPA framework to render a list on components? Also looks like you're doing some kind of an infinite scroll implementation that doesn't work out so well.

rpowers 9y ago
I noticed the 'pro' emblems seem to start out fuzzy then become readable at a very slow rate.
Raphmedia 9y ago
They do but the main issue is that the browser has to render hundreds of .SVGs
- plopz 9y ago
  The https://fontawesome.com/cheatsheet https://fontawesome.com/cheatsheet page works fine.
Mayzie 9y ago
Really really smooth on Firefox 58. Looks good.
youngtaff 9y ago
They're hooking the scroll events, running JS for 200ms+ in the handlers, and then trying to add some animated effects on top Urgh!

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pestaa 9y ago

Barely showing 2000 icons, and it brings a modern PC to its knees... The page looks way better than it used to, also the tagging is done well, but the page performance is so bad it alone can keep me from purchasing a license.

pan69 9y ago

There might be an issue with the icon Id's displayed. E.g. I see "chess-board" 3 times.

Hedja 9y ago

Strange they've updated the main docs to 5.x yet their master branch is still on 4.x without a 5.x release. https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome

nkkollaw 9y ago
They're probably trying to sell the Pro version. I bought it and it was the worst purchase I've made in a while. They took some pretty idiotic decisions with v5.
- niteshade 9y ago
  Could you go into detail, please? I was close to buying it, would like to know what annoyed you about it
  - nkkollaw 9y ago
    First of all, they got a lot of money from the Kickstarter campaign, and they're pushing the pro version way too much. The thing that annoyed me the most was that they changed most of the classes, making the thing incompatible with previous versions and forcing you to relearn everything. They did this to consolidate the code, but as users we don't give a damn about the code, just that the thing does what it's supposed to. I tried using their SVG version, and it works completely different from the font version: no inheriting of font color, incorrect size compared to font, etc. (Font version is fine). No CDN. Loading the thing is a pain in the ass. I'm on mobile and can't write a lot, but you get the idea. It was still in beta and it's a product that I've normally gotten for free so I probably had high expectations for the paid version, but if I wasn't lazy I would've gotten a refund. If your client is buying it, go for it. If it's your money, take your GF to dinner.

nkkollaw 9y ago

Trying to click on the footer links on mobile is the new Tetris.

lousken 9y ago

<div class="dn-pr flex-none bg-red5" id="javascript-disabled-bar" role="alert"> <div class="mw9 center bg-red7 pv4 ph4 ph6-l"> <h2 class="f4 fw6 mt0 mb1 white">Oi. You need to enable JavaScript.</h2> <p class="mv0 lh-copy red2">The Font Awesome website relies on JavaScript. <a class="link fw6 white underline-hover" href="http://www.enable-javascript.com" target="_blank">Enable JavaScript</a> and then we'll get you going.</p> </div> </div> nice