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Sometimes you need an animation to turn your site into a special snowflake of a site, and what better way to do that than to use a snowflake animation? TBF, you

by rob74 10mo ago

Sometimes you need an animation to turn your site into a special snowflake of a site, and what better way to do that than to use a snowflake animation? TBF, you can turn it off by clicking on the snowflake icon in the top right corner. But then the background turns from blue into an annoying shade of yellow. Ok, you can click on the sun icon to fix it by switching to night mode. But then... aaaaargh!

tempodox 10mo ago
It seems like the author went out of their way to prove they can make an even worse UI than Apple. I suspect they succeeded.
- kenty 10mo ago
  This is exactly my thoughts. If you are reading this, author, please either make the snowflakes less distracting or toggleable. They are a pain on mobile.
  - oneeyedpigeon 10mo ago
    > author, please either make the snowflakes less distracting or toggleable They already did, as the grandparent comment already explained: >> TBF, you can turn it off by clicking on the snowflake icon in the top right corner.
    - tempodox 10mo ago
      Did you see what happens when you do? I wouldn’t say it improves readability.
      - oneeyedpigeon 10mo ago
        Yup: all the animation stops, the overlaid snowflakes disappear, and the background changes from blue to yellow. I haven't bothered to check the foreground/background contrast of the two versions, but I suspect that, although the yellow version will have less contrast, the removal of the snowflakes will make for a net benefit to readability for the average person.
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    - nosrepa 10mo ago
      Button doesn't do anything for me.
      - montag 10mo ago
        This is the biggest mistake, imo. The snowflakes should disappear immediately...
dahauns 10mo ago
>Ok, you can click on the sun icon to fix it by switching to night mode, but then... aaaaargh! TBF, I felt so perfectly trolled with this one I couldn't help but chuckle... :)
Pxtl 10mo ago
The dark mode action got an audible chuckle out of me.
- krackers 10mo ago
  The site has a history of trolling people, it used to be the cursor background. Also do check his privacy policy https://tonsky.me/personal-information/ https://tonsky.me/personal-information/
ethbr1 10mo ago
> Sometimes you need an animation to turn your site into a special snowflake of a site, and what better way to do that than to use a snowflake animation? <blink>
allknowingfrog 10mo ago
I genuinely went looking for an "off" button, and was very confused when the snowflake icon changed the background color instead. I didn't even notice that the snow stops being generated until I read your comment and tried again. I'm both impressed and annoyed.

by rob74 10mo ago

tempodox 10mo ago

It seems like the author went out of their way to prove they can make an even worse UI than Apple. I suspect they succeeded.

kenty 10mo ago
This is exactly my thoughts. If you are reading this, author, please either make the snowflakes less distracting or toggleable. They are a pain on mobile.
- oneeyedpigeon 10mo ago
  > author, please either make the snowflakes less distracting or toggleable They already did, as the grandparent comment already explained: >> TBF, you can turn it off by clicking on the snowflake icon in the top right corner.
  - tempodox 10mo ago
    Did you see what happens when you do? I wouldn’t say it improves readability.
    - oneeyedpigeon 10mo ago
      Yup: all the animation stops, the overlaid snowflakes disappear, and the background changes from blue to yellow. I haven't bothered to check the foreground/background contrast of the two versions, but I suspect that, although the yellow version will have less contrast, the removal of the snowflakes will make for a net benefit to readability for the average person.
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  - nosrepa 10mo ago
    Button doesn't do anything for me.
    - montag 10mo ago
      This is the biggest mistake, imo. The snowflakes should disappear immediately...

dahauns 10mo ago

>Ok, you can click on the sun icon to fix it by switching to night mode, but then... aaaaargh! TBF, I felt so perfectly trolled with this one I couldn't help but chuckle... :)

Pxtl 10mo ago

The dark mode action got an audible chuckle out of me.

krackers 10mo ago
The site has a history of trolling people, it used to be the cursor background. Also do check his privacy policy https://tonsky.me/personal-information/ https://tonsky.me/personal-information/

ethbr1 10mo ago

> Sometimes you need an animation to turn your site into a special snowflake of a site, and what better way to do that than to use a snowflake animation? <blink>

allknowingfrog 10mo ago

I genuinely went looking for an "off" button, and was very confused when the snowflake icon changed the background color instead. I didn't even notice that the snow stops being generated until I read your comment and tried again. I'm both impressed and annoyed.