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Just to save everyone else 90±30 seconds… It doesn't change. There is no slick transform of the flipping numbers, just a static display. But it is pretty. (In
by jws 16y ago
Just to save everyone else 90±30 seconds…
It doesn't change. There is no slick transform of the flipping numbers, just a static display. But it is pretty.
(In a related, but not interesting enough to post, bit of geekery. On Apple's home page you will see a "billionth app" counter. They drive it from a triple of ( timestamp, basecount, rate) so it updates in real time, but once in a while (hourly?) they resync it to the actual number and rate. Nice compromise between accuracy and server resources.)
- thushan 16y agoInteresting bit of geekery you found. I was mucking in there my self to see how they did it. Seems like they swing through a bunch of images to make that effect: http://images.apple.com/itunes/10-billion-app-countdown/images/filmstrip.png http://images.apple.com/itunes/10-billion-app-countdown/imag...
- jws 16y agoAh! That explains why I was seeing "top" values in the -1000 to -2000 range. Animation by sliding a long narrow image in discrete steps. They have reinvented the motion picture projector.
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