Show HN: Add Snow to Your Website

Aren't there a lot of scripts out there to add snow to your website? Most of which don't require registration, don't have silly 'pro' versions and don't seem like an excuse to sell people something for maybe a couple of weeks of the year?

Why would I use this when I can find a free script that doesn't require any sign up and does the exact same thing with more options?

P.S. The snow graphics are blocked by UBlock, if you're using it.

Re: Show HN: Add Snow to Your Website

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Post by flipp3r » Thu, Dec 24, 2015, 3:27 PM UTC

amelius wrote: post #2

> Add Snow to Your Website Sadly, I immediately translate this to "add trackers to your website", whether it is true or not.

I don't know why you were downvoted, they literally state in their terms of service they will do this:

""" Apps installed with Eager may, for example:

Add cookies to your domain to track visitors. """

Re: Show HN: Add Snow to Your Website

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Post by hamhamed » Thu, Dec 24, 2015, 3:28 PM UTC

I loved the preview on my site, but why on earth do I have to signup, and install something else called Eager and then install Snow? How many scripts does it take to let flakes fall down? Isn't this easily done through CSS and keyframes?

EDIT: Yes it is, there's a CSS only solution here, no trackers whatsover: http://codepen.io/NickyCDK/pen/AIonk

Re: Show HN: Add Snow to Your Website

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Post by IanCal » Thu, Dec 24, 2015, 3:32 PM UTC

CM30 wrote: post #5

Aren't there a lot of scripts out there to add snow to your website? Most of which don't require registration, don't have silly 'pro' versions and don't seem like an excuse to sell people something for maybe a couple of weeks of the year? Why would I use this when I can find a free script that doesn't require any sign up and does the exact same thing with more options? P.S. The snow graphics are blocked by UBlock, if…

> Aren't there a lot of scripts out there to add snow to your website?

Animated things like this have been around for as long as I can remember using javascript on pages. If the chronology repeats, I expect we'll be seeing wobbly clocks following the cursor and notes about which browser you should use for the page soon.

I've seen snow on a few websites recently, makes me rather nostalgic.

Re: Show HN: Add Snow to Your Website

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Post by jffry » Thu, Dec 24, 2015, 3:34 PM UTC

hamhamed wrote: post #7

I loved the preview on my site, but why on earth do I have to signup, and install something else called Eager and then install Snow? How many scripts does it take to let flakes fall down? Isn't this easily done through CSS and keyframes? EDIT: Yes it is, there's a CSS only solution here, no trackers whatsover: http://codepen.io/NickyCDK/pen/AIonk

It's also a fun little project to roll your own in JS. Here's mine: https://jffry.github.io/blizzard.js/demo/

~2kb raw, ~900 bytes minified, ~600 bytes min+gzipped

Re: Show HN: Add Snow to Your Website

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Post by marcc » Thu, Dec 24, 2015, 3:34 PM UTC

FastComputer wrote: post #4

https://s_news_ycombinator_com.p.eager.works/eagerProxySrc=w...

This doesn't work, it reports:

This may not be the page you're expecting (request failed security checks).