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My favourite animated blog header of all time is that of acko.net: https://acko.net/blog/zero-to-sixty-in-one-second/ The design language is (understandably) feeling a bit 2013 these days, but objectively I think it's held up great. It's something I'd like to do for my blog, since I'm getting tired of looking at the same static header, but I've yet to come up with the perfect design.
The background noise is a subtle detail I would have never noticed on my own, but it does subconsciously make the blog appeal to me. Content in front of something that looks like real paper appears more credible than the same content on a flat background.
It dramatically reduces readability for me. Not a fan, even though it might look “nice”. (As viewed on an iPhone)
Perhaps the noise doesn't "scale" on mobile as I'm also viewing it on an iPhone and/or is just more apparent in dark mode.
Hackernews = 99.9% idle , 0 rendering
Your new blog = 94% idle, 4.7% rendering + painting
Someone mentioned the fans / activity monitor showing cpu usage as well
I have a 2017 macbook and your site made the fans spin up, i guess it's the animation
I have a 2017 macbook and your site made the fans spin up, i guess it's the animation
The animation seems to tax the CPU. I ran Chrome profiler and compared to hackernews (my performance gold standard) ... Hackernews = 99.9% idle , 0 rendering Your new blog = 94% idle, 4.7% rendering + painting Someone mentioned the fans / activity monitor showing cpu usage as well
The animation seems to tax the CPU. I ran Chrome profiler and compared to hackernews (my performance gold standard) ... Hackernews = 99.9% idle , 0 rendering Your new blog = 94% idle, 4.7% rendering + painting Someone mentioned the fans / activity monitor showing cpu usage as well
The background noise is a subtle detail I would have never noticed on my own, but it does subconsciously make the blog appeal to me. Content in front of something that looks like real paper appears more credible than the same content on a flat background.
Again, because I'm boring like that: it's pretty hilarious to me that anyone would choose to make a new blog and not just use WordPress, especially when their stated aim contains this: "...that makes it as easy as possible to create posts". There are some moments when you shouldn't use WordPress. A blog is not one of those moments. Avoiding the obvious tool for the job is classic developer trendytool syndrome.
Wordpress is incredibly complex when compared to a static site that can be served ~entirely from a CDN. A database-backed blog has been outmoded now for years. If you don't want a pre-built theme, you don't need the plugin ecosystem, and you don't need/want a WYSIWYG editor, there's no reason to choose Wordpress.
So: sure, if your cdn and static files can do all of those then yeh. But it can’t.