Great stuff Peter, thanks for sharing the latest at Crocodoc!
Crocodoc's HTML5 page flip
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Re: Crocodoc's HTML5 page flip
#22I don't get it, looks like a huge POS on my screen (10 inch netbook, see screenshot)
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ScOWQmywYCDt9sJu0nQaWc...
Re: Crocodoc's HTML5 page flip
#23Yeah, you should try that in IE 10. Probably looks much more different than Webkit and Mozilla.
Re: Crocodoc's HTML5 page flip
#24Is this supposed to do something on my iPad? Doesn't seem like the metaphor is really appropriate for non-tablet devices and this isnt working on my iPad.
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#25Is this supposed to do something on my iPad? Doesn't seem like the metaphor is really appropriate for non-tablet devices and this isnt working on my iPad.
I haven't yet gotten it to work on mobile devices. Do try it again from Firefox or Chrome!
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#26wow, this is super cool. Good work!
Re: Crocodoc's HTML5 page flip
#27I don't get it, looks like a huge POS on my screen (10 inch netbook, see screenshot) https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ScOWQmywYCDt9sJu0nQaWc...
Same on my nexus 7 and I can mostly read the page but it still does not work on galaxy nexus. Chrome for both.
Re: Crocodoc's HTML5 page flip
#28This doesn't seem to be working for me in the latest Firefox.
hover over the bottom right corner and grab the page from there. I thought the same thing at first.
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#29This is cool from a programming perspective but it is poor UX. I believe everyone on HN knows this but the problem area are my clients. They run across stuff like this and think it looks cool/fun. Instead of listening to reason they demand stuff like this and end up with bad websites because all I can do it advise them but then make what they want. Please stop spreading bad UX, leave page flipping to actual pages/pap…
Agreed, I spent 10 seconds trying to figure out how to turn the page. At a minimum there should be arrow buttons that trigger the fancy page flip animation.
Re: Crocodoc's HTML5 page flip
#30This is cool from a programming perspective but it is poor UX. I believe everyone on HN knows this but the problem area are my clients. They run across stuff like this and think it looks cool/fun. Instead of listening to reason they demand stuff like this and end up with bad websites because all I can do it advise them but then make what they want. Please stop spreading bad UX, leave page flipping to actual pages/pap…
Agreed. HN loves to criticize Apple for forcing their UIs to mimic real-life (think Newsstand, leather stitching, etc), but still considers things like this desirable. From a technical perspective, it's cool. Please don't use this on real sites!
>HN loves to criticize Apple for forcing their UIs to mimic real-life (think Newsstand, leather stitching, etc)
Ornament does not impact usability. In your two listed examples, they do not influence how the user interacts with the software.
This page flip is an example of mimicking real-world interaction and not just appearance.