I think zooming is effective when it's used in isolation for discrete things. It does add a sense of delight, but there is a functional usefulness of this that I'm trying to wrap my head around.. perhaps a transition effect for an immersive demo, etc.. nice work.
Zooming UIs in 2026: Prezi, impress.js, and why I built something different
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#12The Home Assistant showcase looks fabulous.
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#13Love it. But there is a significant usability issue: Lack of signifier (aka affordance). How do I known when something is zoomable? Because there is no signifier, I am frequently disappointed when I click on something and it turns out it is not zoomable.
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#15Doesn't work correctly in Firefox. Feels sluggish, but maybe this could be fixed by reducing the transition time. But why? People usually don't notice such transition effects and it doesn't affect user experience in any meaningful positive way. It feels absolutely unnecessary. Maybe you could re-use it as a mod for some game engine. This feels appropriate for video games; not for web-sites.
Weird, seems to work fine in Firefox on Android.
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#16I really love this (and miss the days when Prezi was simple and straightforward). I've written an app myself along sort-of similar lines, but it's less a presentation app and more a thought organizer (works on all Apple platforms). https://mindscopeapp.com I think what proved key for my own "zoomable" UI was cross-linking, search, and speed/snappiness. Make the animations too heavy and it just slows you down. Zumly s…
Thanks! Speed was a big focus, glad it comes through. Your app looks really cool btw.
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#17Interesting way to use zooming as a way to transition deeper into sub-dashboards. The navigation from "Mission Control" -> "Satellite" -> "Subsystem" feels oddly intuitive and fun. I would maybe opt for keeping a consistent navbar/sidebar, to support out-of-zoom navigation. And if we are dealing with a lot of power-users some breadcrumb to quickly go back to any zoom-level. But overall, i think this could totally wor…
Appreciate it! Breadcrumbs and back navigation are definitely on my radar.
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#18This looks seriously impressive. Also, I wonder what the a11y implications are. I don't miss Macromedia Flash hell at all. This is HTML5, so with a bit of effort it could look beautiful and still cater to the visually impaired. Edit: I can't scroll any of the showcases. Probably deliberate, but a cut-off UI can be annoying. Edit2: I opened the yellow car on the production line and going back the page got all offscree…
Thanks! The a11y angle is something I want to tackle properly. Noted the bugs too, the car one is a known issue.
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#19I think zooming is effective when it's used in isolation for discrete things. It does add a sense of delight, but there is a functional usefulness of this that I'm trying to wrap my head around.. perhaps a transition effect for an immersive demo, etc.. nice work.
Thanks! Yeah, immersive demos and dashboards are where it seems to click best.
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#20This is indeed seriously impressive. I keep wanting to keep my entire knowledgebase on a canvas so that I can "think" or navigate spatially. Thisis neat.
In the main landing page, as I was clicking around, I kept wishing to have a legend to show me either "how deep I am" or "how do I get out of here?", and like someone else commented, I would love an affordance showing me what was clickable/zoomable.