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Re: Fractal Lab

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Post by estefan »

Dude I expect you could easily sell that to movie studios or game studios to develop levels/scenes. 7:11 looks like the inside of an industrial building, or you could use it to develop organic looking assets, mystical scenery/mandalas, etc.

I reckon you could definitely commercialise this.

Re: Fractal Lab

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Post by pmontra »

yellowapple wrote: post #38

Was it really necessary to implement your own scrollbar? It's absurdly slow (and therefore annoying) on Firefox/Conkeror, and seems entirely redundant when the browser handles scrolling perfectly fine.

Exactly. I was about to post the same comment.

No advantages over the browser scrollbar, only some extra problems for the developer and the viewers.

Re: Fractal Lab

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Post by pmontra »

mozumder wrote: post #102
vortico wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Guys, stop reinventing the wheel. http://motherfuckingwebsite.com/ Browsers already implement scrolling better than you (or any of us) ever can.

We reimplement Scroll because browsers like FireFox don't let you apply CSS for scroll bars, forcing you to have the OS's scrollbar branding (colors, style, etc..) in the middle of your page's branding. The last thing you want to do with your brand is to have someone else take it over.

Understood but I think you got on the wrong side of the tradeoff. 99.999% of sites use the browser scrollbar and that should be a hint (check apple.com and tell me they don't care about branding.) Do you really want to be remembered as the site with a great tech demo AND a bad scrollbar? How can that be an improvement over just "a great tech demo"?

Furthermore I don't appreciate brands taking over my desktop and reducing the usability of my browser (and your site) but that could be just me.

Re: Fractal Lab

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Post by annnnd »

mozumder wrote: post #102
vortico wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Guys, stop reinventing the wheel. http://motherfuckingwebsite.com/ Browsers already implement scrolling better than you (or any of us) ever can.

We reimplement Scroll because browsers like FireFox don't let you apply CSS for scroll bars, forcing you to have the OS's scrollbar branding (colors, style, etc..) in the middle of your page's branding. The last thing you want to do with your brand is to have someone else take it over.

Seriously? You think you can do a better job at implementing scrollbar than browser makers? And you have the resources to test on every_single_device out there? And you really think I would even notice the scrollbar if it worked?

Just don't.

Re: Fractal Lab

#125

Post by bluejoy »

This is absolutely amazing. I wonder what it takes to create something so brilliant single handedly, and that too as a hobby!

Re: Fractal Lab

#126

Post by getsat »

madez wrote: post #58
AceJohnny2 wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On the topic of the voice and its effect, you may be interested in http://www.reddit.com/r/asmr

Strangely, the voice in the video makes me uncomfortable.

The lip smacking and semi-whispering is very annoying to me.

Re: Fractal Lab

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Post by supercoder »

This is amazing.

The UI looks great, and of course the functionality is incredibly inspiring.

Really look forward to the day when I can play around with it !

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