But can you build an animated waveform using this approach?
Animating URLs with JavaScript and Emojis
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Re: Animating URLs with JavaScript and Emojis
#122This reminds me of putting marquees in the window.status like 20 years ago
The spirit is there definitely. My take is that it's only a matter of time before emojis creep into every area where text is used. Let's hope they won't ever become a mainstream part of programming languages.
Agreed... though, I'd imagine the mostly us-ascii centric programming model might be harder for some foreign languages. The worst, for me, as an example is when I see a special non-us character for JS examples as the assigned variable for a library.
edit: on the flip side, it's pretty cool for passphrases (where allowed)
Re: Animating URLs with JavaScript and Emojis
#123After visiting the site using Firefox the history contains hundreds of those URLs with emojis. Also, the "back" button is completely broken because of this. Interesting way to prevent user from leaving the site.
Re: Animating URLs with JavaScript and Emojis
#124One downside is that it basically renders the back button useless. I ran the examples you provided (which were great fun!) and when I tried to get back to hackernews I realized each step in the animation had been added to my browser history
Maybe browsers should go back not to previous URL, but to previous domain.
Re: Animating URLs with JavaScript and Emojis
#125Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Let's hope they won't ever become a mainstream part of programming languages. knowing a few people in this world, I am sure that this will certainly happen way before you can have variables named α, β, γ
You can already use Greek letter variable names in Python: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17043894/what-unicode-sy... I've used θ in code dealing with angles before.
That's a bad idea. How are other developers supposed to type this character (unless they are from Greece)?
Re: Animating URLs with JavaScript and Emojis
#126I think in Japan he would be arrested for corrupting browser's history.
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#127This page will wreck your browser history. The post explains the rationale at the end, but frankly speaking there should have been the warning for each checkbox.
If you're using Firefox you can Control+H then right click on the site and select the option labeled "Forget About This Site".
Done.
Re: Animating URLs with JavaScript and Emojis
#128Earlier quoted context omitted.
The spirit is there definitely. My take is that it's only a matter of time before emojis creep into every area where text is used. Let's hope they won't ever become a mainstream part of programming languages.
I created a small library for Ruby/Rails that aliased a few methods with emojis. You could remove database objects by using the gun emoji, or trim a string with the scissors emoji.
I guess yours are at least, in a way, semantic.
I've seen attempts where any connection between the symbol and what the method was doing was purely coincidental.
Re: Animating URLs with JavaScript and Emojis
#129Use incognito mode for this site... your back button will thank me
Or, just open in a new tab.
Re: Animating URLs with JavaScript and Emojis
#130Another perfect example of the childish activities of the web today. Remember the days when postings were about serious technical advancements and not random hobbyist activities?
I remember when it was about animated "under construction" gifs on millions of pages across the likes of geocities, and everyone self-publishing... until the social networks came... MySpace allowed for customized css which had a lot of user activity... then facebook normalized it all.
While I do appreciate the clean aesthetics most of the time... I really do like to see the creative individuals gets some things in.
Additional ideas mentioned include animated favicons and titles... I'd throw in that an audio waveform with music would be cool too.