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Nova – Erlang Web Framework

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Re: Nova – Erlang Web Framework

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Post by mst »

This might be great but the moving stars in the background meant I had to close the tab before I could find out.

I'm sure the developers just thought it was pretty but _argh_.

(note that I am judging myself for posting a comment complaining about a site design rather than anything meaningful but my visual processing is still screwed up several minutes later and I dearly hope somebody who reads this will avoid making the same mistake later as a result because -ow-)

Re: Nova – Erlang Web Framework

#3

Post by nozzlegear »

mst wrote: post #2

This might be great but the moving stars in the background meant I had to close the tab before I could find out. I'm sure the developers just thought it was pretty but _argh_. (note that I am judging myself for posting a comment complaining about a site design rather than anything meaningful but my visual processing is still screwed up several minutes later and I dearly hope somebody who reads this will avoid making…

I thought the same thing, it made me feel a tiny bit dizzy.

Re: Nova – Erlang Web Framework

#4

Post by syspec »

mst wrote: post #2

This might be great but the moving stars in the background meant I had to close the tab before I could find out. I'm sure the developers just thought it was pretty but _argh_. (note that I am judging myself for posting a comment complaining about a site design rather than anything meaningful but my visual processing is still screwed up several minutes later and I dearly hope somebody who reads this will avoid making…

It could work if it was only on scroll,

Re: Nova – Erlang Web Framework

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Post by m8s »

This is purely conjecture on my part, but a beginner-friendly web framework was a barrier for adoption for Erlang, and I'm really excited to see Nova continue to grow.

If the moving background of the Nova website is so distracting that you can't bare to explore the rest of the framework, here are some other links to explore:

- HexDocs: https://hexdocs.pm/nova/quick-start.html

- Github: https://github.com/novaframework/nova

- Erlang Forums: https://erlangforums.com/c/erlang-frameworks/nova-forum/65

- Erlang Slack: https://erlef.org/slack-invite/erlanger

Long story short, get involved with Erlang (and Elixir)! They're both awesome, can't recommend them enough.

Re: Nova – Erlang Web Framework

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Post by uo21tp5hoyg »

Not a great front page for a framework:

- Website is plain HTTP, HTTPS doesn't seem to be supported. (or is just taking a while to load?)

- Middle mouse / trackpad scrolling is slowed due to the background animation.

- Reloading the page for some reason loads me 1/3 down the page?

- Button CSS (top right) is misaligned and jumps all over when hovering over.

- Large white boxes with minimal padding makes everything look empty.

- High CPU usage doing nothing (400% usage, I assume again due to the background animation)

- It tries to load assets that don't exist. (stars.svg)

- No on-page examples, probably not that important though.

It's possible this framework is still great but I don't think it will gain any traction if the first introduction to it is this poor.

Re: Nova – Erlang Web Framework

#8

Post by throwamon »

uo21tp5hoyg wrote: post #6

Not a great front page for a framework: - Website is plain HTTP, HTTPS doesn't seem to be supported. (or is just taking a while to load?) - Middle mouse / trackpad scrolling is slowed due to the background animation. - Reloading the page for some reason loads me 1/3 down the page? - Button CSS (top right) is misaligned and jumps all over when hovering over. - Large white boxes with minimal padding makes everything lo…

> Reloading the page for some reason loads me 1/3 down the page?

For some reason (probably related to the animation?) the page starts with a huge margin at the bottom which then slowly gets smaller and smaller.

Re: Nova – Erlang Web Framework

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Post by ljm »

mst wrote: post #2

This might be great but the moving stars in the background meant I had to close the tab before I could find out. I'm sure the developers just thought it was pretty but _argh_. (note that I am judging myself for posting a comment complaining about a site design rather than anything meaningful but my visual processing is still screwed up several minutes later and I dearly hope somebody who reads this will avoid making…

A good use for the prefers-reduced-motion media query in CSS.
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