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55 points by valand 7y ago

mattdesl 7y ago
Reflektor is doing some great & innovative WebGL work. Shameless plug: this was using canvas-sketch[1] to build out some of the sketches. [1] https://github.com/mattdesl/canvas-sketch/ https://github.com/mattdesl/canvas-sketch/
- 52-6F-62 7y ago
  I did notice the name and logo were awfully familiar, though. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/MMOg-_aR48tAdBU-crlM10dhWLSHMxTZiQvmQ0KcYJhSOtGq4yrnD1HrqgDosbP3vTlkF5FPkQT1U-x8HysTJDAmekP9c3xLFNyVFp29rl6RsTIcjrtf https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/MMOg-_aR48tAdBU-crlM... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflektor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflektor It's not the exact same, but it's really uncanny. They appear to be Canadian judging by some of the clients, so maybe it was intentional?
pjmlp 7y ago
> Pleased visit on the desktop. Moves into another Website.
- thunderbong 7y ago
  I agree that nowadays everything should be responsive, however I feel discarding someone else's effort when they are mentioning that the site is for desktop, is inconsiderate. Also, if you're browsing sites which reach the front page of HN, the same way you visit other social sites, I think you're already in the wrong company.
  - pjmlp 7y ago
    Except that it means I have to look for a desktop computer to be able to see what the site was all about, not even switching mobile chrome into desktop mode helped to see what it was all about. Given the amount of people whose main device is a tablet/mobile, a bit more of attention would be welcomed on a Website which is supposed to promote the Web design capabilities of the authors.
  - ObscureScience 7y ago
    You didn't notice the behavior of the site. It doesn't allow you to browse it from a mobile device, not even when requesting desktop version. Perhaps faking agent would work, but I wouldn't be surprised if you'd have to spoof resolution/window size as well.
  - Isamu 7y ago
    I got the message on my desktop. Because my monitor is configured portrait, not landscape. When I stretched the browser into a second monitor, it came to life. So it's the browser window dimensions, apparently. But it was still unnecessarily restrictive.
    - kaffeemitsahne 7y ago
      Same for me with the browser occupying the right half of my screen.
spectramax 7y ago
Why do contemporary designers fall for the following trends over and over: - Magenta/Purple colors - Gradients - Large Typography - Animations - Hijacking scroll - Excessive use of white space This seems the trend these days.
masswerk 7y ago
Sadly, some of those shot my GPU (not exactly the newest one), requiring a full restart. (The dilemma of WebGL & Co: either we need better bound checking, which somewhat neglects the point of having fast graphics, or we're living dangerously.)

55 points by valand 7y ago

Reflektor is doing some great & innovative WebGL work. Shameless plug: this was using canvas-sketch[1] to build out some of the sketches. [1] https://github.com/mattdesl/canvas-sketch/ https://github.com/mattdesl/canvas-sketch/

52-6F-62 7y ago
I did notice the name and logo were awfully familiar, though. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/MMOg-_aR48tAdBU-crlM10dhWLSHMxTZiQvmQ0KcYJhSOtGq4yrnD1HrqgDosbP3vTlkF5FPkQT1U-x8HysTJDAmekP9c3xLFNyVFp29rl6RsTIcjrtf https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/MMOg-_aR48tAdBU-crlM... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflektor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflektor It's not the exact same, but it's really uncanny. They appear to be Canadian judging by some of the clients, so maybe it was intentional?

pjmlp 7y ago

> Pleased visit on the desktop. Moves into another Website.

thunderbong 7y ago
I agree that nowadays everything should be responsive, however I feel discarding someone else's effort when they are mentioning that the site is for desktop, is inconsiderate. Also, if you're browsing sites which reach the front page of HN, the same way you visit other social sites, I think you're already in the wrong company.
- pjmlp 7y ago
  Except that it means I have to look for a desktop computer to be able to see what the site was all about, not even switching mobile chrome into desktop mode helped to see what it was all about. Given the amount of people whose main device is a tablet/mobile, a bit more of attention would be welcomed on a Website which is supposed to promote the Web design capabilities of the authors.
- ObscureScience 7y ago
  You didn't notice the behavior of the site. It doesn't allow you to browse it from a mobile device, not even when requesting desktop version. Perhaps faking agent would work, but I wouldn't be surprised if you'd have to spoof resolution/window size as well.
- Isamu 7y ago
  I got the message on my desktop. Because my monitor is configured portrait, not landscape. When I stretched the browser into a second monitor, it came to life. So it's the browser window dimensions, apparently. But it was still unnecessarily restrictive.
  - kaffeemitsahne 7y ago
    Same for me with the browser occupying the right half of my screen.

spectramax 7y ago

Why do contemporary designers fall for the following trends over and over: - Magenta/Purple colors - Gradients - Large Typography - Animations - Hijacking scroll - Excessive use of white space This seems the trend these days.

masswerk 7y ago

Sadly, some of those shot my GPU (not exactly the newest one), requiring a full restart. (The dilemma of WebGL & Co: either we need better bound checking, which somewhat neglects the point of having fast graphics, or we're living dangerously.)