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Great job! I don't think it's just nostalgia... but whatever it is I love a lot of the retro / past days of computing UI, UX and graphics. IT feels better th

by duxup 2y ago

Great job! I don't think it's just nostalgia... but whatever it is I love a lot of the retro / past days of computing UI, UX and graphics. IT feels better than the current state of flat and flashy... everything. I don't know that the design and look / feel was entirely intentional, or how much was just the limiting factor of experience and computing / libraries available but things feel so much more straightforward and usable at times. You don't even have to go that far back to get that feel / simplicity: https://cs16.samke.me/ https://cs16.samke.me/ This screensaver looks great and feels like almost everything I would want from a cool screensaver or even just a moment to zen out.

noduerme 2y ago
Thank you! This has no libraries, it's just pure javascript rewriting a big array of r,g,b,a pixels and posting it up to a canvas as quickly as possible. Very much the way I learned to light up pixels on a TRS-80 ;) Which was actually the easiest way to do something like this.
lovegrenoble 2y ago
>> simplicity: https://cs16.samke.me https://cs16.samke.me Nice UI, can you add more elements?
- noduerme 2y ago
  Hah. Thanks, that's not a UI ;) But I did kind of yak-shave as I did it to make the saver its own loadable class with adjustable inputs. so I'll probably add a few sliders eventually, once I launch my world-dominating screensaver company. Seriously though, I wanted to fine-tune the parameters to look as much like the original as possible, and there are about 6 different factors which go into that, any of which can be off by a few percent and completely change the effect. If there's any demand, I'd be happy to make it adjustable!
jonhohle 2y ago
I think what’s crazy that for 30 years we had relatively optimal UIs with some huge improvements every now and then (obviously actionable controls, scalable graphics, exposé, etc.). Increasingly everything has been hidden and requires scrubbing or tapping everywhere, or in the case of iOS, possibly opening another app (Settings) to find some control.

by duxup 2y ago

noduerme 2y ago

Thank you! This has no libraries, it's just pure javascript rewriting a big array of r,g,b,a pixels and posting it up to a canvas as quickly as possible. Very much the way I learned to light up pixels on a TRS-80 ;) Which was actually the easiest way to do something like this.

lovegrenoble 2y ago

>> simplicity: https://cs16.samke.me https://cs16.samke.me Nice UI, can you add more elements?

noduerme 2y ago
Hah. Thanks, that's not a UI ;) But I did kind of yak-shave as I did it to make the saver its own loadable class with adjustable inputs. so I'll probably add a few sliders eventually, once I launch my world-dominating screensaver company. Seriously though, I wanted to fine-tune the parameters to look as much like the original as possible, and there are about 6 different factors which go into that, any of which can be off by a few percent and completely change the effect. If there's any demand, I'd be happy to make it adjustable!

jonhohle 2y ago

I think what’s crazy that for 30 years we had relatively optimal UIs with some huge improvements every now and then (obviously actionable controls, scalable graphics, exposé, etc.). Increasingly everything has been hidden and requires scrubbing or tapping everywhere, or in the case of iOS, possibly opening another app (Settings) to find some control.