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A Silly Usecase for WebSockets (strobe warning)

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Re: A Silly Usecase for WebSockets (strobe warning)

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Post by bhawks »

hatch_q wrote: post #9
drenvuk wrote: post #4

Strobe warning in case someone might be susceptible to it. You got a chuckle out of me.

Hypothetically if someone suffers a seizure... who is responsible? The platform provider or users who switched the light on and off?

The webbrowser that render it.

Re: A Silly Usecase for WebSockets (strobe warning)

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Post by roveo »

cududa wrote: post #15

I appreciate the strobe warning! Not gonna open it so I have no idea what it is but congrats on whatever it is. Anyway have an up vote for the strobe warning

It is a page with a schematic depiction of a floor lamp. "Click anywhere to turn the light on/off" is written below. When you click, the light turns on or off depending on the previous state, and background color changes accordingly between dark and light. The on/off state is the same for all visitors of the page, so, since this is on the front page of HN, it flickers quickly. Hence the strobe warning.

Re: A Silly Usecase for WebSockets (strobe warning)

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Post by Etheryte »

cududa wrote: post #15

I appreciate the strobe warning! Not gonna open it so I have no idea what it is but congrats on whatever it is. Anyway have an up vote for the strobe warning

It's a webpage with a simple picture of a lamp and the text "40 people in the room, click anywhere to turn the light on/off". The page background alters between dark gray and white depending on whether the light is off and on. It's essentially a collective online light flickering exercise and it's about as strobe as you imagine that would be.
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