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Re: User: Junnn11

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Post by simse »

Wowfunhappy wrote: post #18
parhamn wrote: post #12

The image tags on that page need `loading="lazy"`. This made me curious what contributing to the wikipedia application (not articles) is like. Anyone have any insight/info on this?

Personally, I much prefer having the images all download on page load. Lazy loaded images never seem to download before I scroll to them, so I have to keep waiting for them to come in as I go through the page.

Yep, this is one of those issues that get missed because a good chunk of SWEs have fast machines and test the application locally. I've started enabling throttling in dev tools so I can catch these kind of UX problems.

Re: User: Junnn11

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Post by saeranv »

The animated illustrations of the "arthropod" biomechanics is fascinating. It sheds some light on why arthropods would be interesting enough to draw in their own community of enthusiasts.

Spearing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:20220123_stomatopod_strik...

Smashing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:20220123_stomatopod_strik...

In case they manage to find this thread: @Junnn1, do these biomechanic animations incorporate the dynamics, or maybe just the kinematics of the physical forms? Is there anywhere (i.e. blog) where you discuss the techniques you use to develop your animations?

Re: User: Junnn11

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Post by arthurcolle »

nusaru wrote: post #7
andrewmcwatters wrote: post #2

I don't know why, but I got Pokémon-vibes from some of those illustrations. What phenomenal work!

Anorith[1] and Kabuto[2] are based on anomalocaris and xiphosura (horseshoe crabs) [1]: https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Anorith [2]: https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Kabuto

Listing Kabuto last... shameful!

/s

Props for alphabetical ordering though

Re: User: Junnn11

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Post by capableweb »

simse wrote: post #21
Wowfunhappy wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Personally, I much prefer having the images all download on page load. Lazy loaded images never seem to download before I scroll to them, so I have to keep waiting for them to come in as I go through the page.

Yep, this is one of those issues that get missed because a good chunk of SWEs have fast machines and test the application locally. I've started enabling throttling in dev tools so I can catch these kind of UX problems.

It's also one of those things where no matter what you do, someone will hate it and other will love it.

Lazy load images? People with bandwidth quotas might praise you. Others with sporadic connections will despise it, because they can't load the page once and revisit the already fully loaded tab when internet disappears. People with high bandwidth and no quotas will barely notice anything, unless they are quick readers, then they'll blame you for not loading the images quickly enough.

Not lazy load images? Everything vice-versa.

Re: User: Junnn11

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Post by danjoredd »

doesnt_know wrote: post #17

Wonderful illustrations! Whenever I see someone that is interested in a very specific niche and obviously expends a lot of effort towards it, I'm always in awe. How did they become interested in the topic? Why choose this specific thing? How do they keep their motivation to continue with it? I've personally never really felt like I've cared enough about anything this much. Because of this, I've always felt like I'm m…

People obsessed with niche subjects and go all out on that are the backbone of society.

My mind goes to the guy that packaged 1/3 of all Arch packages in the official repo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqMf6XFacR8&pp=ygUKZGlzdHJvd...

Re: User: Junnn11

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Post by qtzfz »

parhamn wrote: post #12

The image tags on that page need `loading="lazy"`. This made me curious what contributing to the wikipedia application (not articles) is like. Anyone have any insight/info on this?

No they don't. When my browser tells me it's finished loading the page I expect the page to be completely loaded.

Re: User: Junnn11

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Post by golemiprague »

doesnt_know wrote: post #17

Wonderful illustrations! Whenever I see someone that is interested in a very specific niche and obviously expends a lot of effort towards it, I'm always in awe. How did they become interested in the topic? Why choose this specific thing? How do they keep their motivation to continue with it? I've personally never really felt like I've cared enough about anything this much. Because of this, I've always felt like I'm m…

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Re: User: Junnn11

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Post by Dalewyn »

capableweb wrote: post #26
simse wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yep, this is one of those issues that get missed because a good chunk of SWEs have fast machines and test the application locally. I've started enabling throttling in dev tools so I can catch these kind of UX problems.

It's also one of those things where no matter what you do, someone will hate it and other will love it. Lazy load images? People with bandwidth quotas might praise you. Others with sporadic connections will despise it, because they can't load the page once and revisit the already fully loaded tab when internet disappears. People with high bandwidth and no quotas will barely notice anything, unless they are quick read…

This is a feature that should be determined by the user agent rather than the server. It's the user agent that is aware of bandwidth limitations and desires of the user, after all.
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