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Google's HTML/CSS 3D Buckyball

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Re: Google's HTML/CSS 3D Buckyball

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Post by zbanks »

Interestingly enough, they did it with "pure" HTML/CSS, plus 2 images for the nodes & connections.

I was a bit surprised that they didn't use canvas, which seems to be all the rage these days. I'm assuming this implementation, however, works on IE.

Re: Google's HTML/CSS 3D Buckyball

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Post by jackowayed »

noonespecial wrote: post #3

It should come with a warning that its gonna peg a cpu on my macbook with firefox. Google is my homepage. I don't expect to lose half my battery by opening firefox and stepping away for 20 minutes.

I'm a little surprised by that since it's just HTML and CSS. And mac chrome's having no problems; my fan's not even spinning.

Re: Google's HTML/CSS 3D Buckyball

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Post by wlievens »

jackowayed wrote: post #4
noonespecial wrote: post #3

It should come with a warning that its gonna peg a cpu on my macbook with firefox. Google is my homepage. I don't expect to lose half my battery by opening firefox and stepping away for 20 minutes.

I'm a little surprised by that since it's just HTML and CSS. And mac chrome's having no problems; my fan's not even spinning.

> since it's just HTML and CSS

I've tried gadgets like this many times (though nothing as cool as that buckyball) and it's been my experience every time. It's slow because it's just HTML and CSS.

Re: Google's HTML/CSS 3D Buckyball

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Post by patrickaljord »

wlievens wrote: post #6
jackowayed wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm a little surprised by that since it's just HTML and CSS. And mac chrome's having no problems; my fan's not even spinning.

> since it's just HTML and CSS I've tried gadgets like this many times (though nothing as cool as that buckyball) and it's been my experience every time. It's slow because it's just HTML and CSS.

Very fast here, chrome on ubuntu.
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