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Re: Scroll Slow. Have Fun

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post #27

To scroll super-slowly and smoothly on Windows, use the middle-click thing that spawns a little arrow-circle doodad. I'm pretty sure Linuces are inconsistent about implementing that feature, though.

That is correct. I just realized I do not have this feature on my Arch with Firefox in i3.

Re: Scroll Slow. Have Fun

#42

We just produced a children book with this technology in Germany: http://www.amazon.de/Ulff-Backenh%C3%B6rnchen-eine-irre-Verf... Will be released in the next 4 weeks. It was fun to make, but also quite nightmarish in the technical details. It is a hell of work (we have roughly 30 animations in the book, very small and very big ones). It requires extremely accurate measurements for the grid-foil and a sophisticated w…

any pictures or previews?

Re: Scroll Slow. Have Fun

#45
post #5

This somehow manages my monitor to make a high pitched sound. It's an LCD monitor. It's the actual monitor making the sound. Switching to a different window or tab makes the sound top. Taking a screenshot of the tab, and closing the tab but viewing the screenshot, produces the sound.

It doesn't happen to mine but I can see how it could - the liquid crystal is driven with a high-frequency signal whose voltage basically corresponds to the intensity of the pixel, and when images containing repetitive content are displayed, that signal will follow the content of the image; the current that drives the display also follows that signal, and if the signal contains frequencies that happen to excite resonances in the audible range in some components of the hardware, you can hear it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coil_noise

http://www.ukgamingcomputers.co.uk/capacitor-squeal-coil-whi...

http://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/34806/what-mi...

Re: Scroll Slow. Have Fun

#46

We just produced a children book with this technology in Germany: http://www.amazon.de/Ulff-Backenh%C3%B6rnchen-eine-irre-Verf... Will be released in the next 4 weeks. It was fun to make, but also quite nightmarish in the technical details. It is a hell of work (we have roughly 30 animations in the book, very small and very big ones). It requires extremely accurate measurements for the grid-foil and a sophisticated w…

When I was a kid, we had a similar book (Magic Moving Picture Book). It was a lot of fun. Out of Print, but still on amazon http://www.amazon.com/The-Magic-Moving-Picture-Book/dp/04862... Hope you get yours working well.

I had this as well and was fascinated by it as a youngster. Seeing this site today brought those memories to the surface in a rush of nostalgia. This link in the comments was icing on the cake, thanks!

Re: Scroll Slow. Have Fun

#47
post #42

We just produced a children book with this technology in Germany: http://www.amazon.de/Ulff-Backenh%C3%B6rnchen-eine-irre-Verf... Will be released in the next 4 weeks. It was fun to make, but also quite nightmarish in the technical details. It is a hell of work (we have roughly 30 animations in the book, very small and very big ones). It requires extremely accurate measurements for the grid-foil and a sophisticated w…

any pictures or previews?

The book has been printed and is currently delivered to stores and Amazon. The Amazon-link above will come up with previews in the next couple of days. The effects are quite stunning.

The cover is also on the publishers website: http://www.mixtvision-verlag.de/main_detail.php?id=1261&bere...

The book will be available as ebook as well, although I cannot actually see the sense of this at all, as the animations will not work ;-)

Re: Scroll Slow. Have Fun

#48

We just produced a children book with this technology in Germany: http://www.amazon.de/Ulff-Backenh%C3%B6rnchen-eine-irre-Verf... Will be released in the next 4 weeks. It was fun to make, but also quite nightmarish in the technical details. It is a hell of work (we have roughly 30 animations in the book, very small and very big ones). It requires extremely accurate measurements for the grid-foil and a sophisticated w…

How does the kindle edition work?

Re: Scroll Slow. Have Fun

#50
post #48

We just produced a children book with this technology in Germany: http://www.amazon.de/Ulff-Backenh%C3%B6rnchen-eine-irre-Verf... Will be released in the next 4 weeks. It was fun to make, but also quite nightmarish in the technical details. It is a hell of work (we have roughly 30 animations in the book, very small and very big ones). It requires extremely accurate measurements for the grid-foil and a sophisticated w…

How does the kindle edition work?

Not at all. Do not ask me! The publisher insists on offering all his books as ebooks (the ebook is included if you buy the print book).
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