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Re: AnimeJs v4 Is Here

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Post by captn3m0 » Thu, Apr 03, 2025, 4:37 PM UTC

thih9 wrote: post #9

I like that I can grab and drag the browser’s scroll indicator and the animation updates seamlessly (safari mobile).

I get a black screen with a scroll bar. Lockdown mode on iOS.

Re: AnimeJs v4 Is Here

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Post by anon1094 » Thu, Apr 03, 2025, 5:15 PM UTC

Awesome landing page

Re: AnimeJs v4 Is Here

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Post by jacobgkau » Thu, Apr 03, 2025, 5:18 PM UTC

Scrolling through that landing page felt a lot smoother & snappier than I would've expected for a page looking like that.

Re: AnimeJs v4 Is Here

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Post by leptons » Thu, Apr 03, 2025, 5:21 PM UTC

Love that the source is in Javascript, with type annotations. The compiled files in the /lib folder are also much smaller than I expected. I will likely be using this.

Re: AnimeJs v4 Is Here

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Post by pacomerh » Thu, Apr 03, 2025, 5:25 PM UTC

I love how CSS Transforms are so efficient. This is a great lightweight alternative over GSAP.

Re: AnimeJs v4 Is Here

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Post by UncleBen » Thu, Apr 03, 2025, 5:26 PM UTC

captn3m0 wrote: post #11

thih9 wrote: post #9

I like that I can grab and drag the browser’s scroll indicator and the animation updates seamlessly (safari mobile).

I get a black screen with a scroll bar. Lockdown mode on iOS.

Most likely due to iOS lockdown mode disabling WebGL rendering.

Re: AnimeJs v4 Is Here

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Post by steve_adams_86 » Thu, Apr 03, 2025, 5:29 PM UTC

I can't speak to what it's like to actually work with this, but I really like the API design and docs. This feels really well thought out. Looking through the timer docs for example, it took just a minute or so to understand what the timer API can do and how to do it. This gives me a lot of confidence to try out the library.

As others have said, beautiful work on the lander. It looks and performs beautifully.

Re: AnimeJs v4 Is Here

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Post by pentagrama » Thu, Apr 03, 2025, 5:30 PM UTC

Wow, that homepage was one of the more complex and layer filled interactive animations that I ever seen running so smoothly on a mobile browser. Those FPS feel like a Doom 2016 on a beefy PC.

Re: AnimeJs v4 Is Here

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Post by Washuu » Thu, Apr 03, 2025, 5:30 PM UTC

thih9 wrote: post #9

I like that I can grab and drag the browser’s scroll indicator and the animation updates seamlessly (safari mobile).

It responds to the scrolling, leaving agency to the user, instead of hijacking scrolling, that steal agency from the user, that some web sites do. It's so much better of a solution and friendly to accessibility.

Re: AnimeJs v4 Is Here

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Post by adrianvoica » Thu, Apr 03, 2025, 5:35 PM UTC

jacobgkau wrote: post #13

Scrolling through that landing page felt a lot smoother & snappier than I would've expected for a page looking like that.

Julian (the author) is a genius. v4 has been in the making for some time, but, boy, is it worth the wait! I have used v3 (I am using it on my landing page and even built a small game engine with it), but this version is on a whole new level. Congrats to the author! Keep up the good work!