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WebGL + Node.js + WebSockets = A Web Technology Perfect Storm

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Re: WebGL + Node.js + WebSockets = A Web Technology Perfect Storm

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Post by jessedhillon »

sthatipamala wrote: post #18
jessedhillon wrote: post #11

One of these is not like the others: node.js is a nice, progressive step forward, not a leap that is discontinuous with what preceded it like WebGL and WebSockets. And certainly, node.js did not enable this chat example to happen -- not in the same way that WebGL or WebSockets did. I am getting a little tired with the node.js cheerleading on HN. I've tried it and I don't see it as a huge leap forward from what can be…

People are "cheerleading" node.js because they tried it, successfully built something with it and want to give proper credit to their stack. The existence/prevalence of node.js submissions does not imply that anyone thinks it any more technologically capable than Twisted, Go, Tornado, or eventlet. Node.js just happens to be simpler to install, have more easily accessible documentation and has more of a network effect…

My point is that the proliferation of HN posts regarding node.js is not reflective or driven by a host of new and significant improvements that it brings to the table. I suppose one response is this shouldn't be surprising, since anything implemented after the 70s could have been done with C instead of language X.

But my complaint is that it seems a lot of attention is paid to projects which are not actually doing new things with node.js, just things that have already been done with other technologies.

Actually, this comment sums it up much better than my comment: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1549023

Re: WebGL + Node.js + WebSockets = A Web Technology Perfect Storm

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Post by sthatipamala »

travisglines wrote: post #7
wh-uws wrote: post #6

Great demo but you should have a warning because of that one color shifting block in the middle http://webaim.org/articles/seizure/ or make it not do that

I should make people spawn in random places instead off all at the same spot to change that (what you're seeing is like 100 overlapped blocks).

What is the purpose of the large black Kaabah structure in the middle?

Re: WebGL + Node.js + WebSockets = A Web Technology Perfect Storm

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Post by nkassis »

mcantelon wrote: post #16
bad_user wrote: post #3

On the latest version of Chrome / Ubuntu Linux, doesn't work for me.

Did you run Chrome with "–enable-webg" flags set (don't know if they are default on Ubuntu/Linux?

That should no longer be required. Some cards are blacklisted due to older drivers. Try updating your drivers to the lastest ones from NVIDIA or ATI. If that doesn't --ignore-gpu-blacklist might work but if your card is blacklisted it might crash your browser.
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