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Back in 1994, my 486 had no issue rendering the Star Wars opening crawl in a sweet game, Star Wars: TIE Fighter. Fast forward 20 years, and thanks to the wonder
by lbenes 13y ago
Back in 1994, my 486 had no issue rendering the Star Wars opening crawl in a sweet game, Star Wars: TIE Fighter. Fast forward 20 years, and thanks to the wonders of web, my computer can't even render it correctly. I get a blank screen after the star wars logo. So much for progress.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYks9ZfupZ0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYks9ZfupZ0
- mahesh_rm 13y agoTo a tech naive eye, this CSS looks and sounds much better than the 486 version. If I had to show my granny my first pc (a ~20 kilos 486) playing the game intro and a retina ipad rendering this css effect, she'd probably be amazed by tech progress in these last 20 years. Further, I can't see how the next 20 years may produce a greater improvement in this render than the past 20s. It's probably just that we can't fully appreciate progress from within..
- nougatmachine 13y agoActually, on my retina iPad this demo doesn't work at all. You hear the music, but no visuals appear.
- laureny 13y agoYes, who could have guessed we would still have bugs in the 21st century, right?