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Interesting to see this posted here. It's a Chrome experiment almost as old as Chrome itself.

• dekhn 13y ago
  And in many ways, i think it demonstrates that the idea of using physics engines to manipulate the DOM is still pretty cool, and underutilized.
  • tinco 13y ago
    Pretty cool? Yes. Under utilized? I know of one page on the web that does it, this one, and I think that's more than enough :)
    • moocowduckquack 13y ago
      Using physics in interfaces gives naturalistic motions right out of the box, you get nice animation curves for free essentially. Of course if you want flat pages, then this doesn't matter, and I do agree with providing flat versions of useful stuff, but if you want something that has a good feel for any gui animation, then integrating physics makes a lot of sense. Not so that you notice it, but rather so that you don't.
      • techdragon 13y ago
        Even with flat UI. The motion of natural 'objects' is very much wired into us. If you have elements moving in a 2D plane, their motion is typically perceived as more 'pleasing' when they obey physics often at a subconscious level. Its a bit like the golden ratio.
        • moocowduckquack 13y ago
          Sorry, by flat I was meaning basic unanimated pages, not just 2d. I should have been more clear.