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I agree that it's pretty and the medium really conveys the "cloudy" feeling with the text materializing from whiteness, but I think this is a bad thing for 2 re
by lqdc13 11y ago
I agree that it's pretty and the medium really conveys the "cloudy" feeling with the text materializing from whiteness, but I think this is a bad thing for 2 reasons.
1. One of the cores of my cpu is at 100% while viewing the page.
2. It forces others to do the same kind of stuff for people to view it. I think every piece should be on the same level in terms of design. That way the pieces that are better written are going to be recognized more instead of being recognized for flashy javascript.
Of course, you cannot ban people from doing flashy things, and if it wasn't for flashy content, graphic novels wouldn't be a thing. Nevertheless, graphic novels are in their own section in a bookstore.
- skybrian 11y agoI think it's inevitable given that all news sites compete for traffic. The NY Times may take the high road, but they still need to compete. If it weren't for the presentation, would you have seen this article?
- L_Rahman 11y ago> The NY Times may take the high road, but they still need to compete. I find this argument intriguing and humorous given that the NYTimes itself set off this article design arms race with their Snowfall piece in late 2012. Unlike the grandparent however, I have come to enjoy the kinds of experiences it has inspired. Using the web to render pure text strikes me as somewhat equivalent to filming a movie with just dialogue and no music. http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2012/snow-fall/#/?part=tunnel-creek http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2012/snow-fall/#/?part=tunne...
- MaulingMonkey 11y agoI'm not terribly impressed with the white (#FFFFFF) text on white (#DAECF0) background before I scroll down sufficiently either. I was restoring to text highlighting.
- comex 11y agoI think this is a bug where they didn't test large browser window sizes. At my laptop's maximum window height and my browser's default zoom level, the background doesn't get lighter than #BDDAE1 at the bottom before it transitions, but if I zoom out I can see it fade into unreadability.
- MaulingMonkey 11y agoAhh, good call - my monitors are absurd. I tried it first on a 2048x1152... but I have that thing rotated sideways, so it's about twice the height of a typical 1080p monitor. Didn't fare much better on my normally rotated 2560x1440, but even then I nearly reach the bottom of the gradient before text colors change. I guess I should just count myself lucky I haven't set up a rotated 4K monitor yet.
- bsimpson 11y agoThat's a similar mindset to people who think books are inherently better than movies/TV/games. I prefer to judge a piece of content on its quality, not its medium.
- conradev 11y agoMaybe the CPU being at 100% is intentional, so that it simulates the roar of the engines.
- kalleboo 11y ago> 1. One of the cores of my cpu is at 100% while viewing the page. Interesting. What browser/OS? On Safari on my Mac, the worst it gets is 20% of one core when one of the top/bottom animations are in view, but it drops to nothing when there's just text or one of the other, non-layered animations. And that's on a Retina display
- lqdc13 11y agoChromium and Firefox on Ubuntu.