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Re: Vanta.js: Animated 3D backgrounds for websites

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Post by stef25 »

noduerme wrote: post #65
dang wrote: post #50

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This looks like a case of the contrarian dynamic [1]. Dismissive comments tend to appear first, not because they represent the community, but because they're the fastest to write. Often there's a wave of such comments objecting to the OP, followed by a second wave objecting to the objections with some variation of "I can't believe how negative the comments here are". The irony is that they're driven by the same impul…

In fairness, is there anything new here that wasn't a screensaver in 1996, except repacked as a script include to be a background on what would surely be a terrible website? I totally commend the effort they put into the screen saver controls (more polygons, more lines) but, is this what Flying Toasters died for? I was gonna say Tom Dowdy but that's just rude. People are probably right to slam this, and that's a cons…

It wouldn't be a terrible website. These animations are beautiful, some just need some power on the client. Like any font, color scheme, layout, effect ... awesome if properly implemented.

Re: Vanta.js: Animated 3D backgrounds for websites

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Post by xbar »

dang wrote: post #73
junon wrote: post #68

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Idk. Feels like HN has been veering this direction over the last year or so, and the comments are becoming markedly negative, critical comments about everything. I'm not sure it's a problem HN can solve at all. But I definitely agree with GP. The post the other day about the individual leaving the C++ community (something like "Wrapping Up 2021") was an absolute nightmare thread basically dismissing the author as men…

I think we all need to be cautious about such perceptions. It's easy to see this sort of thing and derive a general conclusion of deterioration, but people have been making such pronouncements about HN for well over a decade—basically since the beginning of the site. The way these perceptions tend to work is that we notice a few data points and then jump to a general conclusion. Remember the so-called primitive tribe…

Thanks. I, for one, will evaluate my own dyspepsia.

Re: Vanta.js: Animated 3D backgrounds for websites

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Post by ___q »

dang wrote: post #72
darau1 wrote: post #60

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What if we force people to wait before they can comment?

We tend to be wary of technical solutions to human problems. I fear the unintended side effects.

HN is rife with "technical solutions to human problems" already, which is why new users can't downvote posts. It improved Stack Overflow, it would work here.

Re: Vanta.js: Animated 3D backgrounds for websites

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Post by [deleted] »

dang wrote: post #73
junon wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Idk. Feels like HN has been veering this direction over the last year or so, and the comments are becoming markedly negative, critical comments about everything. I'm not sure it's a problem HN can solve at all. But I definitely agree with GP. The post the other day about the individual leaving the C++ community (something like "Wrapping Up 2021") was an absolute nightmare thread basically dismissing the author as men…

I think we all need to be cautious about such perceptions. It's easy to see this sort of thing and derive a general conclusion of deterioration, but people have been making such pronouncements about HN for well over a decade—basically since the beginning of the site. The way these perceptions tend to work is that we notice a few data points and then jump to a general conclusion. Remember the so-called primitive tribe…

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Re: Vanta.js: Animated 3D backgrounds for websites

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Post by [deleted] »

tacoluv wrote: post #48

The attitude in this thread is the exact opposite of constructive. It is a great library that the person is giving you for free. Yes it can be improved, yes it you should not use it everywhere, but can you at least appreciate the execution and the fact that there is a real person behind it who can read the entitled diarrhea y'all "hur dur the internet should be just html and usenet" ppl are spewing? HN has become one…

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Re: Vanta.js: Animated 3D backgrounds for websites

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Post by pmlnr »

"Animated website backgrounds in a few lines of code."

https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/three.js/r121/three.m... - 631.12kB https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vanta@latest/dist/vanta.globe.m... - 15.20 kB

Few lines where?

That said, I love it, reminds me of the long gone http://www.dhteumeuleu.com/ projects. I would never, ever actually deploy it though, it's grindingly slow.

Re: Vanta.js: Animated 3D backgrounds for websites

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Post by stjohnswarts »

tacoluv wrote: post #48

The attitude in this thread is the exact opposite of constructive. It is a great library that the person is giving you for free. Yes it can be improved, yes it you should not use it everywhere, but can you at least appreciate the execution and the fact that there is a real person behind it who can read the entitled diarrhea y'all "hur dur the internet should be just html and usenet" ppl are spewing? HN has become one…

Some are constructive criticism in that a lot of despise the direction of over engineering websites that take away from the core purpose. You can do that respectfully however. I'm sure the coding and end result are unique and nice to look at but why should I clam up every time something like this comes out? Something like this makes sense for a web based game or kid's site but lord help us if it becomes expected, so we speak out. For example I'm viewing this on an older machine that I'm vnc'd into. My cpu useage on the 12 cores went from 1-8% usage to 40-60% usage per core. To me that is wasted CPU. I'm sure the author can just ignore those comments and move on to ones that are more appreciative and concentrate on their contribution to the community. You have to have a thick skin as an open source (or even regular) developer.

Re: Vanta.js: Animated 3D backgrounds for websites

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Post by stjohnswarts »

Sohcahtoa82 wrote: post #47
edmcnulty101 wrote: post #21

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if you have a direct fiber internet connection to your house page size doesn't even matter.

And what if I'm on mobile with a spotty connection where I average < 1 mbps?

My rule on mobile is if it takes more than 5 seconds to load it's time to hit the X and go somewhere else (unless it's my bank's page or something that's actually necessary)
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