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Show HN: I saw this cool navigation reveal, so I made a simple HTML+CSS version

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Re: Show HN: I saw this cool navigation reveal, so I made a simple HTML+CSS version

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Post by uxcolumbo »

peckemys wrote: post #23
uxcolumbo wrote: post #8

Neat experiment, but this is not good design. Design is about solving problems. A menu is suppose to help you to quickly find and get to a specific section of your site. Why do I have to click on a thing to reveal the menu even though on my laptop there is enough space to show it all? And then I have to move my mouse all to the other side of the screen? Who is this for? Nothing wrong with experimenting with CSS, but…

> Who is this for ? This effect imitates a spotlight, which is cited on the page and quite relevant for a company in the arts domain

I tried to use it yesterday on my iPad. Some kind of element was blocking the menu.

Tried it today on my PC (big screen) - the intro animation is slow - 6-10 FPS and clicking on the menu item to reveal the items is slow as well. I could hear my fan spinning up.

Not everyone uses the latest greatest Mx chipset.

This tells me they haven't done any testing. Basically 'this looks cool' and 'works on my machine'.

Re: Show HN: I saw this cool navigation reveal, so I made a simple HTML+CSS version

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Post by jotaen »

self_awareness wrote: post #27
mym1990 wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You don't have to optimize the fun out of every single thing in life.

The problem is when the engineer's fun starts being user's daily life. Then it's not fun anymore.

This is the portfolio website of an event agency, not the Gmail website.

Re: Show HN: I saw this cool navigation reveal, so I made a simple HTML+CSS version

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Post by self_awareness »

jotaen wrote: post #33
self_awareness wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The problem is when the engineer's fun starts being user's daily life. Then it's not fun anymore.

This is the portfolio website of an event agency, not the Gmail website.

Fortunately.

Re: Show HN: I saw this cool navigation reveal, so I made a simple HTML+CSS version

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Post by xtiansimon »

momciloo wrote: post #25
bmacho wrote: post #20

Is there a demo? The link points to a github repo, and github pages is not active

good point. added the demo link

The _inspiration_ site loaded slowly on my Dino laptop, but the _demo_ was super fast. Good job.

Re: Show HN: I saw this cool navigation reveal, so I made a simple HTML+CSS version

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Post by deterministic »

I am not a big fan of that kind of UI. You have to move your mouse all the way top left and then all the way bottom right. It's the worst possible distance-to-move you can come up with. Always always minimize distance-to-move with it comes to designing good UI's.
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