It's hard to justify Tahoe icons

#1

Post by lylejantzi3rd » Mon, Jan 05, 2026, 11:51 AM UTC

It's hard to justify Tahoe icons
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Re: It's hard to justify Tahoe icons

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Post by jsheard » Mon, Jan 05, 2026, 12:10 PM UTC

I hate to be that guy, but there's some irony in putting a full screen animated snow effect over an article about unnecessary, distracting clutter.

Re: It's hard to justify Tahoe icons

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Post by tardibear » Mon, Jan 05, 2026, 12:12 PM UTC

I like the article content but it's ironic that I needed to switch to Safari reader-mode to be able to comfortably read it.

Re: It's hard to justify Tahoe icons

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jan 05, 2026, 12:12 PM UTC

jsheard wrote: post #2

I hate to be that guy, but there's some irony in putting a full screen animated snow effect over an article about unnecessary, distracting clutter.

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Re: It's hard to justify Tahoe icons

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Post by master_crab » Mon, Jan 05, 2026, 12:13 PM UTC

jsheard wrote: post #2

I hate to be that guy, but there's some irony in putting a full screen animated snow effect over an article about unnecessary, distracting clutter.

True, but you can turn it off with the snowflake icon at the top.

Re: It's hard to justify Tahoe icons

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jan 05, 2026, 12:14 PM UTC

jsheard wrote: post #2

I hate to be that guy, but there's some irony in putting a full screen animated snow effect over an article about unnecessary, distracting clutter.

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Re: It's hard to justify Tahoe icons

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Post by alykhalid » Mon, Jan 05, 2026, 12:14 PM UTC

Reminder, you can turn off the animated snow effect with the snowflake icon at the top

Re: It's hard to justify Tahoe icons

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Post by throwaway_ab » Mon, Jan 05, 2026, 12:14 PM UTC

It's hard to justify snowflake animations on your website...

Re: It's hard to justify Tahoe icons

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Post by alejoar » Mon, Jan 05, 2026, 12:14 PM UTC

master_crab wrote: post #5

jsheard wrote: post #2

I hate to be that guy, but there's some irony in putting a full screen animated snow effect over an article about unnecessary, distracting clutter.

True, but you can turn it off with the snowflake icon at the top.

Which also changes the background color to yellow for some reason. And then the "night mode" is.. what is that, a lantern? Jeez.

Re: It's hard to justify Tahoe icons

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Post by jsheard » Mon, Jan 05, 2026, 12:14 PM UTC

master_crab wrote: post #5

jsheard wrote: post #2

I hate to be that guy, but there's some irony in putting a full screen animated snow effect over an article about unnecessary, distracting clutter.

True, but you can turn it off with the snowflake icon at the top.

Ah, so you can. I tried that but the particles don't disappear immediately so I thought it was just toggling the colour scheme.