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I don’t understand what the cursors and highlights are supposed to show us. Maybe they could just put in flashing text plus a flashing background plus a microw

by JoshGG 3y ago

I don’t understand what the cursors and highlights are supposed to show us. Maybe they could just put in flashing text plus a flashing background plus a microwave attack on the reader.

jvanderbot 3y ago
The only highlights I saw were links.
trescenzi 3y ago
Presumably it’s live mouse locations of others on the site with flags of their country right? Didn’t look at the inspector to see if they were real but it’s a neat idea. Wildly distracting and weird but neat.
chasd00 3y ago
> Maybe they could just put in flashing text plus a flashing background plus a microwave attack on the reader. And a fast moving image where if you click on it you get a prize. Call it punch the chimp or something..
vunderba 3y ago
Just from a cursory (ha) glance, I see Websockets in dev console. Wouldn't be surprised if this is other viewers on the page. EDIT: It's a web component on the page that does exactly this. https://github.com/partykit/sketch-disco https://github.com/partykit/sketch-disco
- genmon 3y ago
  Author here Good find! That's a slightly older version that I'm moving. Here's a better version, complete with instructions on how to embed it in your own site https://github.com/genmon/interconnected-cursor-party https://github.com/genmon/interconnected-cursor-party It's a fork of the upstream PartyKit versions (I've added shared text highlights) https://github.com/partykit/cursor-party https://github.com/partykit/cursor-party PartyKit is genuinely the best way to build real-time super scalable apps in very little code, multiplayer included. I have a contract here rn but I was a fan and user first. It's my go-to for most projects now: https://www.partykit.io https://www.partykit.io
  - baobabKoodaa 3y ago
    Please don't do this! I want to read your article but I can't stand to look at it with all these flags and cursors.

by JoshGG 3y ago

I don’t understand what the cursors and highlights are supposed to show us. Maybe they could just put in flashing text plus a flashing background plus a microwave attack on the reader.

jvanderbot 3y ago

The only highlights I saw were links.

trescenzi 3y ago

Presumably it’s live mouse locations of others on the site with flags of their country right? Didn’t look at the inspector to see if they were real but it’s a neat idea. Wildly distracting and weird but neat.

chasd00 3y ago

> Maybe they could just put in flashing text plus a flashing background plus a microwave attack on the reader. And a fast moving image where if you click on it you get a prize. Call it punch the chimp or something..

vunderba 3y ago

Just from a cursory (ha) glance, I see Websockets in dev console. Wouldn't be surprised if this is other viewers on the page. EDIT: It's a web component on the page that does exactly this. https://github.com/partykit/sketch-disco https://github.com/partykit/sketch-disco

genmon 3y ago
Author here Good find! That's a slightly older version that I'm moving. Here's a better version, complete with instructions on how to embed it in your own site https://github.com/genmon/interconnected-cursor-party https://github.com/genmon/interconnected-cursor-party It's a fork of the upstream PartyKit versions (I've added shared text highlights) https://github.com/partykit/cursor-party https://github.com/partykit/cursor-party PartyKit is genuinely the best way to build real-time super scalable apps in very little code, multiplayer included. I have a contract here rn but I was a fan and user first. It's my go-to for most projects now: https://www.partykit.io https://www.partykit.io
- baobabKoodaa 3y ago
  Please don't do this! I want to read your article but I can't stand to look at it with all these flags and cursors.