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Unfortunately, it looks wonky as hell on Chrome for Mac. Edit: I'm sorry for my misleading and value-free comment. Allow me to clarify: THIS EXPERIMENT LOOKS L

by jpxxx 14y ago

Unfortunately, it looks wonky as hell on Chrome for Mac. Edit: I'm sorry for my misleading and value-free comment. Allow me to clarify: THIS EXPERIMENT LOOKS LIKE HOT BROKEN GARBAGE ON CHROME FOR MAC, A FACT WHICH MAY BE OF INTEREST TO PERHAPS HALF OF THE HACKER NEWS READERSHIP WHO WILL MOST LIKELY EXPERIENCE THE SAME VISUAL CORRUPTION AT VARIOUS VIEW LEVELS. SOME MAY VIEW THIS AS UNFORTUNATE, AS THE INTENDED EXPERIENCE IS A WORTHY ONE THAT EXERCISES A NUMBER OF CUTTING EDGE WEB PRESENTATION TECHNIQUES THAT ARE LIKELY TO GAIN SIGNIFICANT TRACTION IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

daeken 14y ago
I'm guessing for your edit that you feel you're being downvoted for a negative comment about a cool demo. However, you're being downvoted for not giving any actionable information, or even a screenshot; you're not making it possible for the author to make the project better, you're just making a valueless comment (and making it worse with your edit).
- jpxxx 14y ago
  TinyGrab is down again, I have a headache, etc. And I felt this thread is a bit more interesting with an hand-crafted ALL-CAPS punching bag. :) Ever at your service! -JPXXX
mey 14y ago
I'm going to go out on a limb and assume you have an Intel or nvidia chip set in your mac. See http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=159275 http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=159275 (which references http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=137303 http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=137303 but we can't see) There is a security issue in the OSX drivers for certain chipsets, and AA is broken. Google Chrome has taken the step to disable AA on these systems to prevent an exploit of the OS.
- jpxxx 14y ago
  Sounds right, good sleuthing, thank you. This machine has an Intel 3000. The stars appear properly placed, but instead of a point there's an effect-ruining translucent square around each one. The single-pixel distance lines also look wrong during transitions. Since this mystery ends in a Radar ticket about GPU drivers, I won't hold my breath for a fix. As far as Apple is concerned, it ain't broke until Final Cut is broke.
recursive 14y ago
It doesn't work at all for me in Chrome on Win XP.
- yen223 14y ago
  It works perfectly for me in Chrome in Win XP. Probably a hardware glitch.
bazzargh 14y ago
Looks pretty good on Chrome on a retina MBP (15"). Also looks fine on firefox. You could at least say which model of mac you're on.
- jpxxx 14y ago
  MacBook Pro8, 13-inch, Late 2011 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 Intel HD Graphics 3000 512 MB As surmised below, this appears to be a OpenGL driver issue with NVidia and Intel GPUs.

by jpxxx 14y ago

daeken 14y ago

I'm guessing for your edit that you feel you're being downvoted for a negative comment about a cool demo. However, you're being downvoted for not giving any actionable information, or even a screenshot; you're not making it possible for the author to make the project better, you're just making a valueless comment (and making it worse with your edit).

jpxxx 14y ago
TinyGrab is down again, I have a headache, etc. And I felt this thread is a bit more interesting with an hand-crafted ALL-CAPS punching bag. :) Ever at your service! -JPXXX

mey 14y ago

I'm going to go out on a limb and assume you have an Intel or nvidia chip set in your mac. See http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=159275 http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=159275 (which references http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=137303 http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=137303 but we can't see) There is a security issue in the OSX drivers for certain chipsets, and AA is broken. Google Chrome has taken the step to disable AA on these systems to prevent an exploit of the OS.

jpxxx 14y ago
Sounds right, good sleuthing, thank you. This machine has an Intel 3000. The stars appear properly placed, but instead of a point there's an effect-ruining translucent square around each one. The single-pixel distance lines also look wrong during transitions. Since this mystery ends in a Radar ticket about GPU drivers, I won't hold my breath for a fix. As far as Apple is concerned, it ain't broke until Final Cut is broke.

recursive 14y ago

It doesn't work at all for me in Chrome on Win XP.

yen223 14y ago
It works perfectly for me in Chrome in Win XP. Probably a hardware glitch.

bazzargh 14y ago

Looks pretty good on Chrome on a retina MBP (15"). Also looks fine on firefox. You could at least say which model of mac you're on.

jpxxx 14y ago
MacBook Pro8, 13-inch, Late 2011 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 Intel HD Graphics 3000 512 MB As surmised below, this appears to be a OpenGL driver issue with NVidia and Intel GPUs.