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Monospace: A JavaScript demo in 1021 bytes, winner of the demo competition

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Re: Monospace: A JavaScript demo in 1021 bytes, winner of the demo competition

#31

For people not able (or willing) to run the demo themselves, it can also be seen on YouTube in a 3 minute clip [0]. It keeps amazing me how much people can accomplish with less than a KB of code. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HN139WkcCY

Not being willfully obtuse, but there's a lot more than a KB of code on that YouTube page. To me it feels like the difference between watching a movie on 35mm vs DVD.

Re: Monospace: A JavaScript demo in 1021 bytes, winner of the demo competition

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post #26

I'm getting the same issues as all of the other Firefox users. Guess I'll never watch it, because I have a hard policy of never, ever installing Chrome malware on my personal computer. Maybe the title should be changed to "Chrome demo"?

Maybe the title should be changed to "Chrome demo"?

It works in Chromium browsers (Chrome, Edge) and Webkit browsers (Safari). Saying it's a Chrome demo would not be accurate.

Re: Monospace: A JavaScript demo in 1021 bytes, winner of the demo competition

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post #4

Tanked my firefox instance, which I closed, and the noise from the page continued. Do no open this in firefox.

And when I tried to run it in Chrome, my laptop (MacBook Air 2015 early) completely froze up after a few seconds. Probably you should not open this in older devices at all.

It runs fine on my mid-2014 Macbook Pro. It's not related to the age of the device.

Re: Monospace: A JavaScript demo in 1021 bytes, winner of the demo competition

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post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Who's shaming anyone?

Guess . . . . "Because the rest of the commentors in this thread seem to not be reading the article"

We'll, they're not reading the article, yet they're expecting people to read their comment. And if not, why comment at all?

I think some selective derision is warranted.

Re: Monospace: A JavaScript demo in 1021 bytes, winner of the demo competition

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Amazing! Very impressive how you got all the details in. I'd be interested in hearing what the development process is like.

Do you work directly in the minified code, or do you create the demo in normal code first then look for ways to minimize it?

Re: Monospace: A JavaScript demo in 1021 bytes, winner of the demo competition

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post #4

Tanked my firefox instance, which I closed, and the noise from the page continued. Do no open this in firefox.

> Unfortunately, Mozilla still hasn't fixed the performance bug 1190398 around ShadowBlur, filled for BLCK4777 5 years ago.

> Therefore you need to use a Chromium or Webkit browser to enjoy MONOSPACE live.

Re: Monospace: A JavaScript demo in 1021 bytes, winner of the demo competition

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post #4

Tanked my firefox instance, which I closed, and the noise from the page continued. Do no open this in firefox.

And when I tried to run it in Chrome, my laptop (MacBook Air 2015 early) completely froze up after a few seconds. Probably you should not open this in older devices at all.

runs fine in safari on a 2013 Mac.
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