Super cool. Would love a screensaver of this.
Matrix web-based green code rain, made with love
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Re: Matrix web-based green code rain, made with love
#32It has been asked a couple times in the comments with no response so far. Would anyone have any idea on how this could be made into a desktop/phone wallpaper or screensaver?
That would be such an awesome application. :O
Re: Matrix web-based green code rain, made with love
#33No love for Safari browser? :(
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#34I hope someone can update the xscreensaver code with this one.
Yeah seriously it looks so much better than GLMatrix.
I'm open to contributing it. It'd save me the trouble of making and maintaining screensavers myself, which is a very common request. The struggle to support a Mac screensaver for more than a few years at a time has already swallowed a great Matrix project before, mathew's RedPill ( https://github.com/lpar/RedPill ).
One important matter I haven't investigated yet is what constraints there are on GL in xscreensaver as a whole. My project is basically a shader sandwich, but there are alternative approaches a port can take if that's untenable.
I also sincerely like jwz's cheeky competitiveness with other screensaver authors— when xscreensaver 4.11 was released, he captioned it, "Watch as GLMatrix makes RedPill scream for mercy." If I port to xscreensaver I'll make sure to continue the tradition.
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#35https://github.com/liquidx/webviewscreensaver
I tried it with this "web page as a screensaver" app and it worked perfectly.
macOS only though - I couldn't find a Windows one.
Re: Matrix web-based green code rain, made with love
#36Online demo: https://rezmason.github.io/matrix/
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#37The author clearly likes the late antiquity esoteric literature and the scripts it used.
I sure do! The more esoteric a script is, the fewer people are around to tell you you're using it wrong.
If you're tired of the standard fare and want fresh weird alphabet, might I recommend the scripts Johannes Trithemius pulled out of thin air in his book posthumously published Polygraphiae before he died in shame in 1516? I like this chunky one:
https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/view/bsb11272589?page=...
Re: Matrix web-based green code rain, made with love
#38No love for Safari browser? :(
Uh oh, is it broken in Safari again?
Seems to work in Safari 15.6.1, may I ask what version of Safari you've got? I'd love it if you filed an issue.
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#39Really, really well done. 3D mode was especially cool. I remember having the official Matrix screensaver (remember www.whatisthematrix.com?) and being a little disappointed that the glyphs and animation didn't seem right. This is spot on - fantastic!
I'm glad you like it!
The original one was made by the team who produced the fancy website in '99, using the tools for making fancy websites in '99 (Macromedia Director). A noble effort!
If it had looked any better, we might have never seen the fan-made screensavers that rushed to usurp it. :D
Re: Matrix web-based green code rain, made with love
#40It has been asked a couple times in the comments with no response so far. Would anyone have any idea on how this could be made into a desktop/phone wallpaper or screensaver? That would be such an awesome application. :O
Probably 'Rainmeter' if on Windows desktop