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I'm impressed with the explanations and everything... but what really got my panties in a bunch is the visualization technology. That is one of the prime exampl

by sp4rki 14y ago

I'm impressed with the explanations and everything... but what really got my panties in a bunch is the visualization technology. That is one of the prime examples I've seen of actually leveraging current web tech to communicate actual content instead of just doing fancy stuff just because. I was initially annoyed by the 3D header movement effect, but the content, graphs, and animations of the actual content made me completely forget that and allowed me to be bewildered by what we can do this day and age on the web. Congrats to the maker!

unconed 14y ago
Consider the fancy header to be the first answer to: what happens when you put a 3D engine inside a webpage. This article is what happens 12 months later...
- sp4rki 14y ago
  Hah I can relate to that! I will clarify something though, the effect is really cool and I actually like it. What annoyed me is that I had initially opened it and moved it to another pane (dwm here) and then when I moved it the main panel I was using a smaller window than usual and when I scrolled I couldn't hit any links, animation looked weird, and then I couldn't scroll past the header. I browsed it again in a floating window in a different tab (or space if you wanna call it that way) where I keep a maximized chromium and I was no longer annoyed :) Good job on being on the cutting edge though, that is something I completely can appreciate.
  - unconed 14y ago
    Sigh, every time my site hits hacker news or reddit I have to mention this... it's a Webkit bug. I reported it 5 releases ago, it sits unloved and unfixed. I imagine i'll just redo the site before they address it.
    - sp4rki 14y ago
      Ohh that makes sense, I also wondered if it was Chromium in Linux thing so I opened it up in Chrome in my work iMac and I noticed the same thing, albeit less pronounced. It's very pretty when it does work so that kinda balances it out. In any case your content is worth it, thanks again for the awesome sauce.
- drudru11 14y ago
  .. which is absolutely fantastic visualization of math that just about anyone will find approachable. thx @unconed !
- anonymous 14y ago
  I don't see why you'd do that header with webgl instead of simply serving a static image or svg at high resolutions.

by sp4rki 14y ago

unconed 14y ago

Consider the fancy header to be the first answer to: what happens when you put a 3D engine inside a webpage. This article is what happens 12 months later...

sp4rki 14y ago
Hah I can relate to that! I will clarify something though, the effect is really cool and I actually like it. What annoyed me is that I had initially opened it and moved it to another pane (dwm here) and then when I moved it the main panel I was using a smaller window than usual and when I scrolled I couldn't hit any links, animation looked weird, and then I couldn't scroll past the header. I browsed it again in a floating window in a different tab (or space if you wanna call it that way) where I keep a maximized chromium and I was no longer annoyed :) Good job on being on the cutting edge though, that is something I completely can appreciate.
- unconed 14y ago
  Sigh, every time my site hits hacker news or reddit I have to mention this... it's a Webkit bug. I reported it 5 releases ago, it sits unloved and unfixed. I imagine i'll just redo the site before they address it.
  - sp4rki 14y ago
    Ohh that makes sense, I also wondered if it was Chromium in Linux thing so I opened it up in Chrome in my work iMac and I noticed the same thing, albeit less pronounced. It's very pretty when it does work so that kinda balances it out. In any case your content is worth it, thanks again for the awesome sauce.
drudru11 14y ago
.. which is absolutely fantastic visualization of math that just about anyone will find approachable. thx @unconed !
anonymous 14y ago
I don't see why you'd do that header with webgl instead of simply serving a static image or svg at high resolutions.