Why do people put QR codes on websites (the credits pane)?
So you could easily test out the demo on your mobile device w/o having to retype the URL.
I'd fine typing 'turnjs.com' easier than finding the QR reader and scanning, personally...
Turn.js - The page flip effect for HTML5
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Re: Turn.js - The page flip effect for HTML5
#52Nitpick: don't call an animation lightweight when it's half the size of the entire jQuery library.
The minified/gzipped jQuery on that page is 32.8k. The gzipped turn.min.js it comes out to 6k. It's like half of this comments page is filled with people TRYING to come up with something overly critical to say. What a negative site this place has become.
Jeez man, I explicitly prefaced my comment with "nitpick", as in "minor quibble" as in "not overly important." I can't help not many people get very excited by a page turn animation.
Re: Turn.js - The page flip effect for HTML5
#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's a good alternative to Flash. I don't think people really advocate the effect as a replacement for normal scrolling paradigms. There are some specific cases where it might make sense to do it and it's great that those pages will no longer be forced into Flash.
> There are some specific cases where it might make sense to do it Like when your client demands it and you give in? I've used pageflip in the past and grew to abhor it. It's only quality is the cool factor, which we got over 6 years ago. I hate magazines that use it for their "digital" version.
We've used a similar effect in a sales collateral portal. We have a bunch of PDF sales sheets, and small brochures. The client wanted sales reps to be able to preview the PDF in a more lightweight form, and the page turn helps visualize the printed layout a bit.
Re: Turn.js - The page flip effect for HTML5
#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
The minified/gzipped jQuery on that page is 32.8k. The gzipped turn.min.js it comes out to 6k. It's like half of this comments page is filled with people TRYING to come up with something overly critical to say. What a negative site this place has become.
Jeez man, I explicitly prefaced my comment with "nitpick", as in "minor quibble" as in "not overly important." I can't help not many people get very excited by a page turn animation.
Well, in your case, in addition to not overly important, your point is flat out wrong.
My frustration isn't with you in particular, it's just that HN doesn't seem to be able to enjoy a good hack anymore. It's just a circlejerk of people saying isn't suitable for widespread use.
Re: Turn.js - The page flip effect for HTML5
#55Nice effect, but the fact the page becomes blurry when I have my mouse over the "next page" button is annoying. I have to move the mouse away while reading and back when I want to turn the page. I'd prefer to just not move the mouse and roll a scroll wheel. (Actually, that's a lie - I'd rather not touch the mouse at all and just press j.)
Doesn't happen here; the page doesn't change when I move the mouse over the "next page" corner, other than the folding up of that corner. Everything remains crisp. What browser did you use?
Re: Turn.js - The page flip effect for HTML5
#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
So you could easily test out the demo on your mobile device w/o having to retype the URL.
I'd fine typing 'turnjs.com' easier than finding the QR reader and scanning, personally...
And so you've realized the paradox-of-uselessness known as the 'QR code'.
Re: Turn.js - The page flip effect for HTML5
#57Nice effect, but the fact the page becomes blurry when I have my mouse over the "next page" button is annoying. I have to move the mouse away while reading and back when I want to turn the page. I'd prefer to just not move the mouse and roll a scroll wheel. (Actually, that's a lie - I'd rather not touch the mouse at all and just press j.)
Doesn't happen here; the page doesn't change when I move the mouse over the "next page" corner, other than the folding up of that corner. Everything remains crisp. What browser did you use?
The blurring happens in Firefox 10. It also makes the whole 'page' shift a couple pixels. It's really disruptive and ruins the whole effect.
Re: Turn.js - The page flip effect for HTML5
#58Neat! It reminds of Google's book http://www.20thingsilearned.com/ without hard covers and with only corner active. (I once had an idea of making a reusable lib based on their book's code at http://code.google.com/p/20thingsilearned/, but never finished.)
Re: Turn.js - The page flip effect for HTML5
#59Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's a good alternative to Flash. I don't think people really advocate the effect as a replacement for normal scrolling paradigms. There are some specific cases where it might make sense to do it and it's great that those pages will no longer be forced into Flash.
> There are some specific cases where it might make sense to do it Like when your client demands it and you give in? I've used pageflip in the past and grew to abhor it. It's only quality is the cool factor, which we got over 6 years ago. I hate magazines that use it for their "digital" version.
>Like when your client demands it and you give in?
Someone in this thread gave a great example: their company makes "photobooks" and this effect is used in the preview before you order to make it feel more "real". I think that's a legitimate use.
Obviously, magazines that just plaster pieces of the PDF on and then demand the page flip are not usable or accessible, but there are other uses for something like this.
Re: Turn.js - The page flip effect for HTML5
#60Also check out Boardflip. A Flipboard style interaction implemented in JS (experimental).