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> We obviously have much better ways of doing such things today, but in 2005, with limited browser technology, those solutions seemed a little bit magical Nah,
by swiftcoder 19d ago
> We obviously have much better ways of doing such things today, but in 2005, with limited browser technology, those solutions seemed a little bit magical
Nah, this still seems like a pretty good way of doing things. Yes, we can probably run the image engraving on the client now, but to address a wide audience of older devices, we probably shouldn't change very much about this process.
- speedgoose 19d agoIs there any audience using a web browser that can negotiate a modern TLS connection to apple.com, but not support a better rendering method?
- swiftcoder 19d agoWell for starters, any modern web browser with JS disabled is going to display the original page just fine, but will not be able to render a canvas-based solution. That may put the user outside your target demographic, which is fine, but it is worth being aware of.
- enedil 19d agoWhat exactly do you mean, the original animation was done in JS?
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- speedgoose 19d agoIgnoring the use of JavaScript in the old demo, is there an individual on earth that uses a modern web browser with JavaScript disabled, wants to order a personalised Apple product, and can’t enable JavaScript back for previewing?