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I just wanted to say, I enjoyed the little pixel art cat that runs towards wherever you click immensely. It’s one of those fun, whimsical little touches that I

I just wanted to say, I enjoyed the little pixel art cat that runs towards wherever you click immensely. It’s one of those fun, whimsical little touches that I don’t see all that often. A reminder that the internet can be a fun, whimsical place if we want it to be :)

mceachen 2y ago
It's doing great for being a 35-year-old cat! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neko_(software) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neko_(software)
TiredOfLife 2y ago
On desktop it follows the mouse no need to click.
Semaphor 2y ago
As I didn’t get that, it seems like the dev honors prefers-reduced-motion, and doesn’t display it in that case. Excellent of them, give joy to those who want it, prevent annoyances for those who hate them.
- mzs 2y ago
  Same for me, on FF you can override it with: about:config ui.prefersReducedMotion = 0 https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@media/prefers-reduced-motion https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@media/pref...
- jeroenhd 2y ago
  It does: https://github.com/adryd325/oneko.js/blob/main/oneko.js https://github.com/adryd325/oneko.js/blob/main/oneko.js const isReducedMotion = window.matchMedia(`(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)`) === true || window.matchMedia(`(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)`).matches === true; if (isReducedMotion) return; Simple but effective. More websites should include this check. Well done, adryd325!
johndough 2y ago
On Debian, you can install and run the cat with sudo apt install oneko oneko & Makes a great gift for colleagues who leave their computer unattended.
- b112 2y ago
  Well that was a rabbit hole. Current version is hard to even see with high-res screens. A few checks shows endless ports, code from the 90s and before, and all sorts of other fun. Wonder if the author will reply.
- 0x1ceb00da 2y ago
  You have sudo access to your colleagues computers?
  - johndough 2y ago
    I don't, but I run the same system configuration, so I can compile it on my computer, transfer it and run it. Alternatively, if a compiler such as gcc is available, you could also run # https seems to be broken on this website currently wget http://www.daidouji.com/oneko/distfiles/oneko-1.2.sakura.5.tar.gz tar -xf oneko-1.2.sakura.5.tar.gz cd oneko-1.2.sakura.5/ gcc oneko.c -lX11 -lm -o oneko ./oneko & cd .. # remove all traces rm -r oneko-1.2.sakura.5 oneko-1.2.sakura.5.tar.gz
    - rixed 2y ago
      so, to remind your coworkers that they should securely lock their computer, you download some software from http and run it on it?
      - johndough 2y ago
        No. As mentioned before, I have a precompiled binary. But you are right about security, so here is how to verify the SHA-256 hash of this file: printf '2c2e05f1241e9b76f54475b5577cd4fb6670de058218d04a741a04ebd4a2b22f\t oneko-1.2.sakura.5.tar.gz' | sha256sum -c
lukan 2y ago
I did not. On the firefox mobile browser it was just using screen space.
nkrisc 2y ago
And here I was wishing it would go away and trying to find a way to hide it because on my phone it was always covering text. Firefox reader mode worked.
brettermeier 2y ago
It is distracting and annoyed me, I stopped reading because of it.
- lelandfe 2y ago
  I thought it just ran around on the top line of the header, and was quite taken with it. I then scrolled and it followed me right into the middle of a paragraph. Less taken, but cat's gonna cat.
wpietri 2y ago
For the curious, that specific cat goes back to 1989: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neko_(software) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neko_(software)
zendaven 2y ago
I guess it's removed? I don't see it. On Windows Chrome.
hbn 2y ago
It's cute but I just can't focus on the article knowing the cat is gonna move every time I move my mouse or scroll. I popped open my console and deleted him. Sorry, kitty
jonny_eh 2y ago
I found it, like an actual cat, extremely distracting.
- knowitnone 2y ago
  it sits when it's next to pointer. just don't move your mouse.

mceachen 2y ago

It's doing great for being a 35-year-old cat! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neko_(software) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neko_(software)

TiredOfLife 2y ago

On desktop it follows the mouse no need to click.

Semaphor 2y ago

As I didn’t get that, it seems like the dev honors prefers-reduced-motion, and doesn’t display it in that case. Excellent of them, give joy to those who want it, prevent annoyances for those who hate them.

mzs 2y ago
Same for me, on FF you can override it with: about:config ui.prefersReducedMotion = 0 https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@media/prefers-reduced-motion https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@media/pref...
jeroenhd 2y ago
It does: https://github.com/adryd325/oneko.js/blob/main/oneko.js https://github.com/adryd325/oneko.js/blob/main/oneko.js const isReducedMotion = window.matchMedia(`(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)`) === true || window.matchMedia(`(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)`).matches === true; if (isReducedMotion) return; Simple but effective. More websites should include this check. Well done, adryd325!

johndough 2y ago

On Debian, you can install and run the cat with sudo apt install oneko oneko & Makes a great gift for colleagues who leave their computer unattended.

b112 2y ago
Well that was a rabbit hole. Current version is hard to even see with high-res screens. A few checks shows endless ports, code from the 90s and before, and all sorts of other fun. Wonder if the author will reply.
0x1ceb00da 2y ago
You have sudo access to your colleagues computers?
- johndough 2y ago
  I don't, but I run the same system configuration, so I can compile it on my computer, transfer it and run it. Alternatively, if a compiler such as gcc is available, you could also run # https seems to be broken on this website currently wget http://www.daidouji.com/oneko/distfiles/oneko-1.2.sakura.5.tar.gz tar -xf oneko-1.2.sakura.5.tar.gz cd oneko-1.2.sakura.5/ gcc oneko.c -lX11 -lm -o oneko ./oneko & cd .. # remove all traces rm -r oneko-1.2.sakura.5 oneko-1.2.sakura.5.tar.gz
  - rixed 2y ago
    so, to remind your coworkers that they should securely lock their computer, you download some software from http and run it on it?
    - johndough 2y ago
      No. As mentioned before, I have a precompiled binary. But you are right about security, so here is how to verify the SHA-256 hash of this file: printf '2c2e05f1241e9b76f54475b5577cd4fb6670de058218d04a741a04ebd4a2b22f\t oneko-1.2.sakura.5.tar.gz' | sha256sum -c

lukan 2y ago

I did not. On the firefox mobile browser it was just using screen space.

nkrisc 2y ago

And here I was wishing it would go away and trying to find a way to hide it because on my phone it was always covering text. Firefox reader mode worked.

brettermeier 2y ago

It is distracting and annoyed me, I stopped reading because of it.

lelandfe 2y ago
I thought it just ran around on the top line of the header, and was quite taken with it. I then scrolled and it followed me right into the middle of a paragraph. Less taken, but cat's gonna cat.

wpietri 2y ago

For the curious, that specific cat goes back to 1989: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neko_(software) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neko_(software)

zendaven 2y ago

I guess it's removed? I don't see it. On Windows Chrome.

hbn 2y ago

It's cute but I just can't focus on the article knowing the cat is gonna move every time I move my mouse or scroll. I popped open my console and deleted him. Sorry, kitty

jonny_eh 2y ago

I found it, like an actual cat, extremely distracting.

knowitnone 2y ago
it sits when it's next to pointer. just don't move your mouse.