Actually... no, the content isn't the issue, i'm just curious how it ended up on the front page, given the plethora of site that use similar mechanisms already.

Actually... no, the content isn't the issue, i'm just curious how it ended up on the front page, given the plethora of site that use similar mechanisms already. That said, HN's repost factor has increased a lot over the past year, which i guess one can expect when HN's community has grown in size and diversity. Not everyone is going to see everything the first time. Still, these sorts of CSS3+HTML5 tricks have been used in a pile of sites, there was that awful & racist Pete Hoekstra ad in Michigan. The first use of this i'd seen washttp://lostworldsfairs.com/atlantis/ http://lostworldsfairs.com/atlantis/ And there's Ben The Bodyguard which put the same effect to good use as in a nior setting: http://benthebodyguard.com/index.php http://benthebodyguard.com/index.php