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Re: Cool Backgrounds

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Post by KabuseCha » Fri, May 25, 2018, 10:03 AM UTC

moeamaya wrote: post #19

blairbeckwith wrote: post #11

This is beautifully done. I noticed the affiliation with investmentcalculator.io - I love that you guys are working on stuff like this. Beautiful, simple products that do one thing with a focus on UX. Make more, please!

Thanks for the love Blair!! icalc is a project by two of my good buddies, and I promise we got plenty more coming down the pipeline. Here's a few more live ones for your perusal: https://loremipsum.io/ https://gpacalculator.io/ https://chinesenewyear2018.com/

Wow - these sites are awesome!

May I ask how you generate links/publicity for these projects? https://chinesenewyear2018.com/ in particular exploded in visibility on google.

PS: Are you OK with me contacting you via mail with additional questions?

Re: Cool Backgrounds

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Post by myfonj » Fri, May 25, 2018, 10:28 AM UTC

moeamaya wrote: post #14

hoodoof wrote: post #8

What are you using to make the menus pop and slide?

It's all CSS animations timed with transition-delay (but triggered with js adding a "is-active" class).

FYI, there is a strange rendering glitch in current Nightly occurring while scrolling the page with menu opened: https://github.com/webcompat/web-bugs/issues/17016

If you plan to make some radical alterations that could potentially "fix" that bug in near future, could you please freeze current state somewhere until diagnosis finishes?

Re: Cool Backgrounds

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Post by orliesaurus » Fri, May 25, 2018, 10:35 AM UTC

enriquto wrote: post #25

fleetside72 wrote: post #10

plain black

this is actually the best, uncluttered, background i work on a black terminal, without window borders, on a black background without icons, and people pass by my desk and are all "whoa, what kind of super-fancy interface is that?"... it gets me every time

Screenshot?

Re: Cool Backgrounds

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Post by cdnsteve » Fri, May 25, 2018, 12:00 PM UTC

I'm curious as to the business model behind these type of sites?

Re: Cool Backgrounds

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Post by laumars » Fri, May 25, 2018, 12:10 PM UTC

cdnsteve wrote: post #34

I'm curious as to the business model behind these type of sites?

Somebody wanted to build something, so they did.

Not everything published online is for immediate financial reward. Sometimes it's to build a digital portfolio. Sometimes it's to learn some new technologies. And sometimes it's just for the fun of it.

Re: Cool Backgrounds

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Post by argestes » Fri, May 25, 2018, 12:10 PM UTC

cdnsteve wrote: post #34

I'm curious as to the business model behind these type of sites?

I guess self promotion, mostly. Maybe a bit of feeling good and showing off.

Re: Cool Backgrounds

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Post by enriquto » Fri, May 25, 2018, 12:27 PM UTC

orliesaurus wrote: post #33

enriquto wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

this is actually the best, uncluttered, background i work on a black terminal, without window borders, on a black background without icons, and people pass by my desk and are all "whoa, what kind of super-fancy interface is that?"... it gets me every time

Screenshot?

when I do ^L, only black pixels except for the shell prompt

Re: Cool Backgrounds

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Post by kevinherron » Fri, May 25, 2018, 12:54 PM UTC

Custom resolutions would be great... need 5120x2880 for use as my background.

Re: Cool Backgrounds

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Post by mgxplyr » Fri, May 25, 2018, 1:03 PM UTC

kevinherron wrote: post #38

Custom resolutions would be great... need 5120x2880 for use as my background.

Second this. Even dual monitor support would be great

Re: Cool Backgrounds

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Post by wintorez » Fri, May 25, 2018, 1:36 PM UTC

So beautiful! I love the design.