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Re: Show HN: Anime.js – Polyvalent JavaScript Animation Engine

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Post by ghostly_s »

guessmyname wrote: post #26
trollboll wrote: post #12

Very nice but it explodes my work laptops CPU (running ubuntu 16.04 + chrome 50) even just idling on http://anime-js.com/ Im guessing you need to add some "sleep" somewhere

Jesus! I had to force-kill my browser after a tab (didn't know which one at first) started eating all my 6GB of RAM, then realized it was this one when I restored the session. I almost reboot my computer entirely if it wasn't because I was doing something important in the Terminal. One would assume that posting a link in this website would be after some testing of the link in itself. I guess I will need to be extra c…

No need to be dramatic. The site nor the Codepens have any unduly high impact on my work machine, an underpowered Windows 7 machine with Chrome Version 51.0.2704.103 m (64-bit). Just because you encountered a bug in your setup doesn't necessarily imply the author has exhibited reckless abandon in testing this project.

Re: Show HN: Anime.js – Polyvalent JavaScript Animation Engine

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Post by coulix »

nekopa wrote: post #28
clentaminator wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Another example of developers borrowing terms from other subjects in an effort to big up their projects. See: "Isomorphic" JavaScript.

I feel that may be a little unfair. Maybe he comes from that subject, maybe that seemed like the best word to describe his effort? I don't have the feeling that this is a corporation trying to bamboozle us with marketspeak.

He is French from Paris and yes in this context polyvalent === flexible.

Re: Show HN: Anime.js – Polyvalent JavaScript Animation Engine

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Post by jerf »

guessmyname wrote: post #26
trollboll wrote: post #12

Very nice but it explodes my work laptops CPU (running ubuntu 16.04 + chrome 50) even just idling on http://anime-js.com/ Im guessing you need to add some "sleep" somewhere

Jesus! I had to force-kill my browser after a tab (didn't know which one at first) started eating all my 6GB of RAM, then realized it was this one when I restored the session. I almost reboot my computer entirely if it wasn't because I was doing something important in the Terminal. One would assume that posting a link in this website would be after some testing of the link in itself. I guess I will need to be extra c…

"Crashing your browser and/or computer" is definitely a recurring hazard with Show HN. But that's just the way it is.

(With no offense intended towards JulianGarnier. I am assuming the additional risk and I am comfortable as long as it is not a deliberate hack attack.)

Re: Show HN: Anime.js – Polyvalent JavaScript Animation Engine

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Post by ghurtado »

JulianGarnier wrote: post #20
cr3ative wrote: post #13

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I had to look up the word, and the dictionary definition didn't suggest this meaning to me. The library is much more interesting when you realise what you're looking for this word to convey, though!

Haha thanks! Any suggestions for an alternative word?

"Polyglot" might work better. I realize that these are not different languages that the library can use, but you could reasonably interpret it to mean that the library "speaks" SVG / Canvas / Javascript objects.

Re: Show HN: Anime.js – Polyvalent JavaScript Animation Engine

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Post by lucideer »

JulianGarnier wrote: post #20
cr3ative wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I had to look up the word, and the dictionary definition didn't suggest this meaning to me. The library is much more interesting when you realise what you're looking for this word to convey, though!

Haha thanks! Any suggestions for an alternative word?

It's a tough one, because technically I think polyvalent may actually be the most correct word by definition (albeit from a different domain), but this thread would indicate that understandability and not technical correctness is more important.

Polyglot, as has been suggested elsewhere, probably fits best even if it's very slightly inaccurate (normally pertaining specifically to multi-language use)

Re: Show HN: Anime.js – Polyvalent JavaScript Animation Engine

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Post by nekopa »

coulix wrote: post #32
nekopa wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I feel that may be a little unfair. Maybe he comes from that subject, maybe that seemed like the best word to describe his effort? I don't have the feeling that this is a corporation trying to bamboozle us with marketspeak.

He is French from Paris and yes in this context polyvalent === flexible.

That's what I thought. So maybe we need to work on the word flexible, and apply it to his library.

Re: Show HN: Anime.js – Polyvalent JavaScript Animation Engine

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Post by [deleted] »

nekopa wrote: post #23
JulianGarnier wrote: post #11

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Can works with CSS / SVG / Canvas animations

I would like to add to the other comments, in that I had no idea what polyvalent meant too. I am going to make a wild guess in the dark here, and say that English isn't your first language (I sincerely apologize if I'm wrong). If this is true, did you try to translate a word from your native language into English, or are you a chemist ;) I know exactly what you're trying to say with the term, but I think you could ha…

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Re: Show HN: Anime.js – Polyvalent JavaScript Animation Engine

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Post by tbranyen »

snarkyturtle wrote: post #16

What's the difference between this library and the Web Animations API? https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2013/12/New-Web-An...

Web Animations have barely any browser support, a pretty crummy API (IMO), and the Promise `finished` property which would differentiate itself from this library has still not been implemented anywhere yet :-/

Re: Show HN: Anime.js – Polyvalent JavaScript Animation Engine

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Post by greenshackle »

stcredzero wrote: post #25
tlrobinson wrote: post #8

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What does "polyvalent" mean in this context?

It means some 20 or 30 something didn't bother to see if there was already a previously existing term, and decided to jump on the "polyfill" bandwagon because it seems cool.

No, it means he is french. I am french and understood immediately.

It's a valid but rarely used word in english. It means flexible, or 'with many functions/uses', or 'good at many things'.

Re: Show HN: Anime.js – Polyvalent JavaScript Animation Engine

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Post by franciscop »

nekopa wrote: post #23
JulianGarnier wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can works with CSS / SVG / Canvas animations

I would like to add to the other comments, in that I had no idea what polyvalent meant too. I am going to make a wild guess in the dark here, and say that English isn't your first language (I sincerely apologize if I'm wrong). If this is true, did you try to translate a word from your native language into English, or are you a chemist ;) I know exactly what you're trying to say with the term, but I think you could ha…

As a Spaniard myself, I am baffled since it is a word kind of common in the sciences. I don't think it's a translator problem, it might be a false friend problem; in Spanish it's "polivalente" instead of "polyvalent"

I would say that, from knowing the Spanish meaning AND use, there is no "decent" translation since it can be precise or simple, but not both. But this is the one I like most even though it has slightly different meaning:

- Anime.js is a flexible yet lightweight Javascript animation library.

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