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A Spacecraft for All: The Journey of the ISEE-3

35 points by tonteldoos 12y ago

nitrogen 12y ago
Though it says "Chrome Experiment", it seems to work mostly okay in Firefox, but occasionally some things seem to be missing from the view.
FrankenPC 12y ago
What an incredibly well done presentation.
callesgg 12y ago
It is very annoying to see more and more pages that say use chrome to look at this page. However this page seams to work fine in Firefox anyway. And it looked very cool :)
- tonteldoos 12y ago
  Reminds me of yesterday's chrome vs firefox debate ;)
  - 3rd3 12y ago
    Link?
    - tonteldoos 12y ago
      https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8151180 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8151180 Be warned - it's a lengthy debate ;)
  - johnchristopher 12y ago
    I thought the days of "Optimized for IE 5.0 and 1024600" [0] were behind us and XHTML and then HTML5 would free us from browser vendors, or that information would at least be available on any browsers (glitters on or off). Graceful degradation anyone ? As for that particular chrome experiment it's just spoken voices with some background music on my old mac :(. But it's enough :). Still, I think a flash (gasp) scene would have done a better job. But maybe this site also works on tablets ? [0] Optimized being defined here as "I can't make it work in Netscape and my layout only works on my 1024600 screen".
- snowwrestler 12y ago
  Hilariously it does not throw that warning if viewed in Chrome on iPhone, even though Chrome on iPhone just uses a slower version of the Safari rendering and JavaScript engines. In fact on my iPhone, the page ran fine in mobile Safari, but completely bogged down in Chrome. This is one example of why browser sniffing is not a great way to determine the actual capabilities of a browser.
manish_gill 12y ago
Doesn't work on latest Chrome at all, but works beautifully in my Firefox Nightly.
3rd3 12y ago
I find it frustrating that one can only rotate the view within a limited range. Otherwise great work!
kp25 12y ago
Great Stuff!!
kgabis 12y ago
This page is barely usable and almost fried my mac. Kinda reminds me websites built with flash. Is there any other way to watch that video about ISEE-3?
pepijndevos 12y ago
Why are there loops in the heliocentric orbit?
aniijbod 12y ago
Ok, I get it, we're all looking at page design and visualisation issues, which is the kind of thing we do here. But isn't anyone going to just marvel and express wonder and astonishment at the sheer majesty of the extraordinary achievements described in the videos?
ajford 12y ago
This was definitely a fun project to be a part of (the reboot, not the chrome experiment). We out here at the Arecibo Observatory are proud to be a part of this moment in history. It was a joy to work with Dennis Wingo and his team, they are definitely cool guys.
snowwrestler 12y ago
For others wondering how to escape this page on an iPhone, rotate to a vertical orientation to show the address bar, then tap the address bar to bring up the Safari controls.
pronoiac 12y ago
A live webcast is running - http://spacecraftforall.com/live http://spacecraftforall.com/live Edit: Here's the Hangout link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdtUIXPjVgk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdtUIXPjVgk

35 points by tonteldoos 12y ago

Though it says "Chrome Experiment", it seems to work mostly okay in Firefox, but occasionally some things seem to be missing from the view.

FrankenPC 12y ago

What an incredibly well done presentation.

callesgg 12y ago

It is very annoying to see more and more pages that say use chrome to look at this page. However this page seams to work fine in Firefox anyway. And it looked very cool :)

tonteldoos 12y ago
Reminds me of yesterday's chrome vs firefox debate ;)
- 3rd3 12y ago
  Link?
  - tonteldoos 12y ago
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8151180 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8151180 Be warned - it's a lengthy debate ;)
- johnchristopher 12y ago
  I thought the days of "Optimized for IE 5.0 and 1024600" [0] were behind us and XHTML and then HTML5 would free us from browser vendors, or that information would at least be available on any browsers (glitters on or off). Graceful degradation anyone ? As for that particular chrome experiment it's just spoken voices with some background music on my old mac :(. But it's enough :). Still, I think a flash (gasp) scene would have done a better job. But maybe this site also works on tablets ? [0] Optimized being defined here as "I can't make it work in Netscape and my layout only works on my 1024600 screen".
snowwrestler 12y ago
Hilariously it does not throw that warning if viewed in Chrome on iPhone, even though Chrome on iPhone just uses a slower version of the Safari rendering and JavaScript engines. In fact on my iPhone, the page ran fine in mobile Safari, but completely bogged down in Chrome. This is one example of why browser sniffing is not a great way to determine the actual capabilities of a browser.

manish_gill 12y ago

Doesn't work on latest Chrome at all, but works beautifully in my Firefox Nightly.

3rd3 12y ago

I find it frustrating that one can only rotate the view within a limited range. Otherwise great work!

kp25 12y ago

Great Stuff!!

kgabis 12y ago

This page is barely usable and almost fried my mac. Kinda reminds me websites built with flash. Is there any other way to watch that video about ISEE-3?

pepijndevos 12y ago

Why are there loops in the heliocentric orbit?

aniijbod 12y ago

Ok, I get it, we're all looking at page design and visualisation issues, which is the kind of thing we do here. But isn't anyone going to just marvel and express wonder and astonishment at the sheer majesty of the extraordinary achievements described in the videos?

ajford 12y ago

This was definitely a fun project to be a part of (the reboot, not the chrome experiment). We out here at the Arecibo Observatory are proud to be a part of this moment in history. It was a joy to work with Dennis Wingo and his team, they are definitely cool guys.

snowwrestler 12y ago

For others wondering how to escape this page on an iPhone, rotate to a vertical orientation to show the address bar, then tap the address bar to bring up the Safari controls.

pronoiac 12y ago

A live webcast is running - http://spacecraftforall.com/live http://spacecraftforall.com/live Edit: Here's the Hangout link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdtUIXPjVgk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdtUIXPjVgk