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As a recommendation to the author, it would make sense to show the example/demo area the whole time, not only once I scroll down. It confused me. A lot.

joshstrange 12y ago
Agreed, I really like the demo area but it's a bit of a shock when it first shows up.
- jlongster 12y ago
  Heh, it's been mixed reactions. I will probably tweak the initial experience, but will need some time because I can't leave it open on load because it blocks the header.
  - outworlder 12y ago
    I thought it was nifty. The shocking aspect might just be the big layout change. Perhaps a notification ("Check out the demo") so the user has to click it to enable the side pane, and then its business as usual.
    - cnp 12y ago
      I liked the layout as well. One thing I would change would be to make the code area wider than the demo area, as some of your lines wrap, where the demo area rarely needs a line break.
  - joaren 12y ago
    It's a pretty crappy experience. I'm reading an article, suddenly the text decides to move left for 'no good reason' to create a narrow but empty sidebar. WTF? I don't like reading things on the left side of my monitor, so I make the window wider to try and put the text back in the middle. Except now the demo area gets even wider (why? you don't use it for anything but tiny things?). As I scroll, the various iframe loads create annoying jank, and to top it off, there's a bug at the end of the post where it moves horizontally for no good reason. If you're going to do stuff like this, you need to polish it waaay better. This reminds me of the UI animations in the new Firefox. A good idea ruined by implementation, would've been better to leave them out.
- ErikRogneby 12y ago
  Sometimes a shock is good. I took it as, "Hey, this page just gained new abilities." Then I clicked and moused over the square and the triangle to see what they were about.
- scotty79 12y ago
  That demo area sliding out actually caused me to actually read the article. I was just about to close it with "meh, react"
johnlbevan2 12y ago
Agreed 100% Desired Reaction: Oh cool, a demo popped up just when it was needed. My Reaction: Huh? Ugh, that's annoying. Wow, and I scroll back up and it moves again; I didn't ask for that either.

joshstrange 12y ago

Agreed, I really like the demo area but it's a bit of a shock when it first shows up.

jlongster 12y ago
Heh, it's been mixed reactions. I will probably tweak the initial experience, but will need some time because I can't leave it open on load because it blocks the header.
- outworlder 12y ago
  I thought it was nifty. The shocking aspect might just be the big layout change. Perhaps a notification ("Check out the demo") so the user has to click it to enable the side pane, and then its business as usual.
  - cnp 12y ago
    I liked the layout as well. One thing I would change would be to make the code area wider than the demo area, as some of your lines wrap, where the demo area rarely needs a line break.
- joaren 12y ago
  It's a pretty crappy experience. I'm reading an article, suddenly the text decides to move left for 'no good reason' to create a narrow but empty sidebar. WTF? I don't like reading things on the left side of my monitor, so I make the window wider to try and put the text back in the middle. Except now the demo area gets even wider (why? you don't use it for anything but tiny things?). As I scroll, the various iframe loads create annoying jank, and to top it off, there's a bug at the end of the post where it moves horizontally for no good reason. If you're going to do stuff like this, you need to polish it waaay better. This reminds me of the UI animations in the new Firefox. A good idea ruined by implementation, would've been better to leave them out.
ErikRogneby 12y ago
Sometimes a shock is good. I took it as, "Hey, this page just gained new abilities." Then I clicked and moused over the square and the triangle to see what they were about.
scotty79 12y ago
That demo area sliding out actually caused me to actually read the article. I was just about to close it with "meh, react"

johnlbevan2 12y ago

Agreed 100% Desired Reaction: Oh cool, a demo popped up just when it was needed. My Reaction: Huh? Ugh, that's annoying. Wow, and I scroll back up and it moves again; I didn't ask for that either.