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Keeping The Big Small: How To Avoid Duplicate Downloads In Responsive Images(mobile.smashingmagazine.com)
1 points by newtron 13y ago|0 comments
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by newtron 15y ago
That's awesome, thanks for showing me that. It would definitely be cool to implement something similar for browsers with SVG support, then fallback to the generated spans for those without.
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by newtron 15y ago
That's interesting, I'll definitely take a look at Raphael. Did you just need the silhouette, or did Raphael let you do the click through thing too?
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by newtron 15y ago
I don't think you're being a jerk, I think it's great feedback. :) I appreciate your candor about forgetting to revisit. I'm hoping to add better fallbacks shortly.
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by newtron 15y ago
That's really cool, I didn't know about that. Thanks! The difference here is that with alphaPun.ch you're only clicking through the transparent parts of the image; the opaque parts still block clicks. If I understand that document correctly
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by newtron 15y ago
For the initial launch, my intention was to build something interesting using new HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript features and techniques. Now that it is launched and working in the browsers targeted by the contest (current Firefox, Chrome and I
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by newtron 15y ago
I don't have it registered with the α unicode character, only the normal roman a -- http://alphapun.ch or http://www.alphapun.ch .
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by newtron 15y ago
The limitations of the contest were that it must support current versions of Chrome, Firefox, and IE10pp2, which it does in this launch version. Now that it's working in those browsers, further browser support and better fallbacks are my to
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by newtron 15y ago
It lets you upload a transparent PNG or GIF and will trace the opaque parts. It then spits out some HTML/CSS/JS that you can put on your site that allows you to click through the transparent parts of the image.
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by newtron 15y ago
Thanks! Now if you do need it, you'll have options. :)
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by newtron 15y ago
BTW, I have a write-up about it here: http://davidnewton.ca/introducing-alphapunch
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by newtron 15y ago
Performance is a valid concern, but so far in the tests I've run I haven't hit any real problems. If you encounter any slow downs or real performance issues, I'd love to hear about them (and hopefully eliminate them!) Thanks!
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by newtron 15y ago
As a Safari user, I actually totally agree, and it was a hard choice to leave it out of the first iteration. The reason was that this was made for the 10K Apart contest (10k.aneventapart.com) and I was really, really struggling to get the c
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Show HN: αlphaPun.ch(alphapun.ch)
61 points by newtron 15y ago|32 comments
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The Current State of Hyphenation on the Web(davidnewton.ca)
2 points by newtron 15y ago|0 comments