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This definitely seems like more of a "for fun" project, but it's a fun challenge to think about a practical situation where this is the best solution.

chrisco255 5y ago
It's fun, sure but no doubt canvas is the way to go for the same effect at less memory overhead.
- jonathanlydall 5y ago
  Indeed. Back in about 2010 or so when I made a Minecraft Redstone Simulator[1], I initially prototyped using a <table> for the display of the "grid". Just making the cells change colour as a mouse was clicked and dragged over the cells (to draw) was very laggy. After which I switched to canvas which worked really well. At the time I was a very inexperienced developer but looking back now it was very obvious a table with cell approach wouldn't be performant. [1]: https://mordritch.com/mc_rss/ https://mordritch.com/mc_rss/
chii 5y ago
> think about a practical situation where this is the best solution. could be used as a captcha style roadblock!
- matheusmoreira 5y ago
  God help us all.
  - shreddit 5y ago
    To continue please check all checkboxes to display the mona lisa
hadlock 5y ago
Not sure if lynx supports check boxes, but might be a way to include native animated graphics where ascii art is merely static
- djxfade 5y ago
  Does Lynx support javascript?
  - wlkr 5y ago
    No, Lynx doesn't support JavaScript. I think to get something close you'd have to do a page refresh (e.g. <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="1">) and set the check box states-server side to emulate 'animation' in this way.
e12e 5y ago
The rationale is fantastic: https://www.bryanbraun.com/2020/06/06/checkboxland/ https://www.bryanbraun.com/2020/06/06/checkboxland/ Must be one of my favorite projects in a long while. Such a mad/brilliant idea, and the aestethic is remarkable for such an odd thing as a checkbox. Many thanks to the poster.

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This definitely seems like more of a "for fun" project, but it's a fun challenge to think about a practical situation where this is the best solution.

by hayksaakian 5y ago

chrisco255 5y ago
It's fun, sure but no doubt canvas is the way to go for the same effect at less memory overhead.
- jonathanlydall 5y ago
  Indeed. Back in about 2010 or so when I made a Minecraft Redstone Simulator[1], I initially prototyped using a <table> for the display of the "grid". Just making the cells change colour as a mouse was clicked and dragged over the cells (to draw) was very laggy. After which I switched to canvas which worked really well. At the time I was a very inexperienced developer but looking back now it was very obvious a table with cell approach wouldn't be performant. [1]: https://mordritch.com/mc_rss/ https://mordritch.com/mc_rss/
chii 5y ago
> think about a practical situation where this is the best solution. could be used as a captcha style roadblock!
- matheusmoreira 5y ago
  God help us all.
  - shreddit 5y ago
    To continue please check all checkboxes to display the mona lisa
hadlock 5y ago
Not sure if lynx supports check boxes, but might be a way to include native animated graphics where ascii art is merely static
- djxfade 5y ago
  Does Lynx support javascript?
  - wlkr 5y ago
    No, Lynx doesn't support JavaScript. I think to get something close you'd have to do a page refresh (e.g. <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="1">) and set the check box states-server side to emulate 'animation' in this way.
e12e 5y ago
The rationale is fantastic: https://www.bryanbraun.com/2020/06/06/checkboxland/ https://www.bryanbraun.com/2020/06/06/checkboxland/ Must be one of my favorite projects in a long while. Such a mad/brilliant idea, and the aestethic is remarkable for such an odd thing as a checkbox. Many thanks to the poster.