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I hate to be "that guy," but what is Famous? http://famo.us http://famo.us doesn't say anything on the index, and the About page is broken. Is it just a library

by Andrex 13y ago

I hate to be "that guy," but what is Famous? http://famo.us http://famo.us doesn't say anything on the index, and the About page is broken. Is it just a library? Toolchain? A real product?

scolfax 13y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIGtHhAfe8w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIGtHhAfe8w
joeblau 13y ago
It's a platform that is supposed to solve the problem that HTML5 promised by subverting the DOM with a custom rendering engine (A port of the Unity Engine to JavaScript). It basically allows you to run a web app at native app performance, cross platform all in your web browser. Demos - http://demo.famo.us/ http://demo.famo.us/ Codepen Examples - http://www.codepen.io/befamous/ http://www.codepen.io/befamous/ edit: Also found this - http://famo.us/about http://famo.us/about
- CmonDev 13y ago
  "allows you to run a web app at native app performance" I would say "promises" instead of "allows". It is still experimental.
  - joeblau 13y ago
    I've been at every event since early Dec and I was in the private beta and while they are still working some things out, you wouldn't really be able to tell if some of these demos were obj-c or .js from what they have built. I feel like the engine reminds me more of the slickness and responsiveness of a Window Mobile 8 interface as opposed to an iOS interface with how smooth some of the scrolling is.
    - chrisdevereux 13y ago
      For those of us who haven't used WM, is that a good thing or not?
joshvm 13y ago
Examples page is also broken.. https://github.com/Famous/examples https://github.com/Famous/examples I'm even more confused now. I looked at their other repos and there is a smattering of information to be found in "Guides". None of the demo links work except for the mobile page that someone posted below. There's nothing on the actual website except a login and when i register I'm "76882 in line". If I try to access the documentation (http://famo.us/docs http://famo.us/docs), I'm told I need to be a developer and I can't access it. A resounding meh, I've wasted 10 minutes trying to work out how this thing works and what I can do with it. Some other kind folks have provided CodePen links, but back to work for me.

by Andrex 13y ago

I hate to be "that guy," but what is Famous? http://famo.us http://famo.us doesn't say anything on the index, and the About page is broken. Is it just a library? Toolchain? A real product?

scolfax 13y ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIGtHhAfe8w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIGtHhAfe8w

joeblau 13y ago

It's a platform that is supposed to solve the problem that HTML5 promised by subverting the DOM with a custom rendering engine (A port of the Unity Engine to JavaScript). It basically allows you to run a web app at native app performance, cross platform all in your web browser. Demos - http://demo.famo.us/ http://demo.famo.us/ Codepen Examples - http://www.codepen.io/befamous/ http://www.codepen.io/befamous/ edit: Also found this - http://famo.us/about http://famo.us/about

CmonDev 13y ago
"allows you to run a web app at native app performance" I would say "promises" instead of "allows". It is still experimental.
- joeblau 13y ago
  I've been at every event since early Dec and I was in the private beta and while they are still working some things out, you wouldn't really be able to tell if some of these demos were obj-c or .js from what they have built. I feel like the engine reminds me more of the slickness and responsiveness of a Window Mobile 8 interface as opposed to an iOS interface with how smooth some of the scrolling is.
  - chrisdevereux 13y ago
    For those of us who haven't used WM, is that a good thing or not?

joshvm 13y ago

Examples page is also broken.. https://github.com/Famous/examples https://github.com/Famous/examples I'm even more confused now. I looked at their other repos and there is a smattering of information to be found in "Guides". None of the demo links work except for the mobile page that someone posted below. There's nothing on the actual website except a login and when i register I'm "76882 in line". If I try to access the documentation (http://famo.us/docs http://famo.us/docs), I'm told I need to be a developer and I can't access it. A resounding meh, I've wasted 10 minutes trying to work out how this thing works and what I can do with it. Some other kind folks have provided CodePen links, but back to work for me.